Walker v. State

The appellant, James (Speck) Walker, was charged by affidavit with the crime of “Theft (Receiving Stolen Property).” Omitting heading, formal parts and signatures, the affidavit reads as follows:

“Undersigned being duly sworn, upon oath, says: That on or about the 27th day of July A.D., 1964, at the County of Allen and in the State of Indiana, said Defendant, James (Speck) Walker did then and there unlawfully committed (sic) the crime of theft of the property of Chatham’s Mens Wear, 8283 Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, in that he knowingly, unlawfully and feloniously obtained control…