The People v. Lawson

This cause is here on writ of error to review the judgment of conviction of plaintiffs in error, William Lawson and Ray Irwin, in the circuit court of St. Clair county, of the crime of stealing an automobile of the value of $500 from Wilbur P. Mitchell of Belleville.

Mitchell, a mine worker, on March 10, 1932, parked his car at the mine and when he quit work at 4 :oo P. M. it was gone. He did not state at what time he parked it. When he was recalled to- testify that the license plates Shown him were not on his car when it was stolen, on cross-examination plaintiffs in error’s attorney appealed…