The People v. Oberholdt

The plaintiff in error and one Arbuthnot were tried and convicted in the criminal court of Cook county upon an indictment for larceny from the person of David Be.rsofsky. This writ of error is on behalf of Oberholdt, one of the defendants in the criminal court.

Bersofsky testified that on the night of March 5, 1934, he attempted to alight from the rear platform of a street car in the city of Chicago, and as he did so his way was blocked by a man who moved back and forth in front of him. After succeeding in alighting he found that $107 had been stolen from his pocket. Harold Luth, an inspector…