Allison v. People

Plaintiff in error, Fay L. Allison, to whom we hereinafter refer as defendant, was charged in two counts of an information with larcency from the person and simple larceny, in feloniously taking $10 in cash and one diamond ring valued at $500, all of which was the property of the complaining witness, Margaret N. Dodge. Defendant entered a plea of not guilty, and upon trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty of simple larceny —the second count. On this verdict the court imposed a penitentiary sentence upon defendant, and she seeks a reversal of the judgment on writ of error. We elect to…