The People v. Kerbeck

Edward Kerbeck was convicted of the crime of robbery while armed with a gun. He was tried in the criminal court of Cook county without a jury. The court also found that on July 1, 1920, Kerbeck had been sentenced to the penitentiary for the crime of robbery as charged in the indictment and stipulated upon the trial. After motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled he was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. The case is before us for review on a writ of error.

The complaining witness, Charles S. Cawthorne, was the assistant secretary and assistant treasurer of the…