People v. Czarnecki

John Czarnecki and Frank Nowaczyk were jointly charged with the crime of robbery while armed, and, upon separate trials before different judges, were convicted, and prosecute review by writs of error.

We have the record of the trial of Czarnecki, before Judge Cotter, but no record of the trial of Nowaczyk, before Judge Van Zile. It is stated that the stenographer’s record of the Nowaczyk trial is lost, and it is agreed that the disposition of the Czarnecki case shall determine the- Nowaczyk case.

Two points are urged, one of which may be applicable to both cases, but the other, relative to…