People v. Wilson
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Hugo Pam, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
An indictment was returned to the criminal court of Cook county charging the plaintiffs in error, William Devitt and Frank McDonald, together with Paul Wilson, Harry J. Sherman and George Colbeck, with burglary of the store of Samuel Fox and stealing therefrom ten cases of whisky. Wilson and the plaintiffs in error were tried, and Wilson was acquitted and plaintiffs in error were found guilty and sentenced to the Illinois State Reformatory.
Samuel Fox testified that the burglary was committed and several cases of whisky stolen which were of the value of $26.50 per case, and the first…
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