The People v. Robinson

Plaintiff in error, Lester J. Robinson, was on December 2, 1931, indicted, with Frank Colvan, in the criminal court of Cook county, for larceny. The indictment is in three counts. The first count charges larceny as bailee of a check for $1500, the property of Carl G. Nemeth. The second count charges larceny by embezzlement, and the third count charges simple larceny. Trial by jury was waived by the defendants and they were tried before the court. The trial resulted in a finding of not guilty as to Colvan and a finding of guilty of larceny as bailee as to Robinson. After his motions for a new…