The People v. Davis

Plaintiffs in error, Robert Charles Davis and George Osborne, (hereinafter referred to as the defendants,) were convicted of the charge of receiving stolen property, etc., and sentenced to the penitentiary. They prosecute this writ of error to review the judgment of the criminal court of Cook county.

The first count of the indictment charged a larceny of $1200 currency, which was the property of Isabel and Robert McLaughlin. A nolle prosequi was entered to this count at the close of all the evidence. The second count charged the defendants with unlawfully receiving and concealing $1200, the…