The People v. Borella

Angelo Borella, Joseph Cantello and Sam Lucas, deputy sheriffs of Cook county, were convicted in the criminal court of that county of bribery. Borella and Cantello have prosecuted a writ of error.

The evidence shows that on the night of July 7, 1933, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company was transporting a large quantity of butter in cartons from Chicago to Detroit. While the truck was en route near Elkhart, Indiana, it was stopped by three men, who took the truck and its contents back to Chicago, where they unloaded the butter and afterwards sold it to John E. Kliner, a commission…