The People v. Evans

John M. Evans, the defendant, was found guilty of burglary and larceny after a jury trial in the circuit court of Champaign County, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten years nor more than life. Upon this writ of error his principal contentions are that the indictment was insufficient in law, that his guilt was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt, and that the court erred in giving certain instructions tendered by the State and in refusing to give other instructions which he requested.

The indictment charges that the defendant broke into “the store building of…