The People v. Skaggs

On January 29, 1945, two indictments were returned in the circuit court of Sangamon County, charging plaintiff in error, Harold Skaggs, and his codefendant, Paul Armstrong, with the crime of burglary. The indictments were given separate docket numbers. In No. 88517 the defendants were charged with breaking into a building used and occupied by the Springfield Erisina Theater Corporation. In No. 88519 they were charged with burglarizing a building used and occupied by Reginald Mari as a jewelry store. Skaggs was convicted in each case and sentenced to the penitentiary. He sues a writ of error…