The People v. Callahan

Ereel Callahan (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff in error) and Howard Lawrence were indicted at the May term, 1926, of the circuit court of Vermilion county. The first count of the indictment charged that they broke and entered the chicken house of Claude and Elza Mills and stole thirty buff Orpington chickens, the property of Claude and Elza Mills. The second count charged the same crime, the doors and windows of the building being open. Each defendant pleaded not guilty. They were tried together. Callahan was found guilty as charged in the indictment and Lawrence was acquitted. The…