People v. Williams

The defendant Edward Williams was indicted jointly with Earl Grier in Cook County on a charge of robbery. A jury, while finding Grier not guilty, found Williams guilty as charged, and he was sentenced to a term of 8 to 15 years in the penitentiary. He brings this writ of error to reverse his conviction. Defendant contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and that his conviction was obtained by the use of incompetent evidence and prejudicial argument.

It appears from the record that one Charles Levi, on January 29, 1961, had collected some rents in a building owned by…