The PEOPLE v. Foster

The defendant, Percy Lee Foster, and two others were indicted for the crime of burglary in Cook County. They waived their right to trial by jury and were found guilty by the court. Foster was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than three years and we have issued a writ of error to review the judgment of conviction as to Foster alone.

The defendant makes no claim that the evidence was insufficient to establish his guilt and a detailed summary of the evidence is therefore unnecessary. The indictment charged that the defendant and his co-defendants broke into…