The People v. Stevens

Plaintiff in error, Walter Stevens, (hereinafter referred to as the defendant,) was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Franklin county on an indictment charging him with the burglary of a chicken house and the larceny of sixteen chickens, of the value of $16, owned by Minerva Johnson. The jury found his age to be thirty-nine years. Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled by the court and he was sentenced to serve an indeterminate term in the penitentiary. The record was brought to this court for review by writ of error.

The undisputed facts in the record are…