The People v. Mangano

Plaintiff in error, with one Henry Spranza, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county of the crime of robbery with a gun. A jury was waived and evidence heard before the court. It does not appear that Spranza was tried with plaintiff in error. The latter was convicted and brings the cause here for review, arguing two assignments of error: One that the court erred in limiting the cross-examination of witnesses for the People, and the other that plaintiff in error was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The testimony of Ray J. Clark, the complaining witness, is in effect as…