The People v. Crane

Plaintiff in error was convicted and sentenced in the criminal court of Cook county on an indictment charging a second offense of grand larceny under the Habitual Criminal act. (Smith’s Stat. 1933, chap. 38, par. 602.) The common law record is brought here for review upon writ of error, it being contended that the indictment, verdict and judgment are not sufficient to bring the plaintiff in error within the provisions of the act mentioned.

The indictment, in substance, charges that on April 9, 1929, the plaintiff in error feloniously stole, etc., one automobile of the value of $2500, the…