The People v. Rasof

Mr. Justice. Orr

delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the criminal court of Cook county found Henry Rasof, aged thirty-seven, guilty of embezzlement and larceny, and he was sentenced to serve from one to ten years in the penitentiary. He brings the case here for review by writ of error.

Only four witnesses testified for the People and none for the defendant.

Anna Gibbons, who had been a cook for a number of years, opened an account in 1933 with Hornblower & Weeks, a Chicago brokerage house, for the purpose of dealing in stocks. In April, 1934, she was watching the listings on the stock…