People v. Murray

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, J. C. Murray, otherwise called James Murray, was indicted and tried before a jury for the crimes of burglary and theft. During the course of the trial the theft charge was nolle prossed and the defendant convicted of the crime of burglary. He appeals on the ground that prejudicial errors were committed prior to and during the trial which deprived him of a fair and impartial trial.

On Sunday, February 25, 1962, at approximately 4:00 p. m., Ben Rosen, the owner of the Mercy Drug Store located at East 26th Street,…