Legal Opinion

The People v. Totten

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 19, 1943No. 26985. Judgments reversedPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gunn

Upon writ of error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District the conviction of Mabel Totten was reversed and that of Elihu Totten affirmed, and he alone prosecutes the writ of error to this, court.

Plaintiff in error complains there was not sufficient evidence in the record to support the conviction, and of certain errors in the conduct of the trial. During the night of September 14, 1940, two calves of August Niebrugge were stolen from his premises and found September 18 upon the farm occupied by plaintiff in error. The proof upon the part of the People consisted of this proof of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. The People v. DownenIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
  2. The People v. BladesIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
  3. The People v. BuxtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1935

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. TaylorIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Garcia v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959

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