The People v. Filas

Harry Filas was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of the crime of robbery and of being an habitual criminal and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. He sued out this writ of error to review the judgment.

The evidence on behalf of the People discloses that about 9:50 o’clock on the night of March 17, 1936, a man, identified as the defendant, entered a gasoline service station of the Standard Oil Company at 255 West Garfield boulevard in Chicago, ordered Raymond Voels, the attendant, into a washroom and took from him $16, the property of the Standard Oil…