The People v. Berkowski

Plaintiff in error was indicted in Cook county for the crime of burglary. He was tried by the court without a jury, found guilty, and thereafter, on January 29, 1932, judgment and sentence were entered against him for said crime. He now, after a period of more than eleven years, brings the case here by writ of error for a review of the common-law record.

It is first argued that the record fails to affirmatively show that plaintiff in error was represented by counsel ; that the language appearing in the final judgment and other orders of the court that counsel appeared for him at the trial and…