The People v. Harris

An indictment, consisting of four counts, returned to the' criminal court of Cook, county in June, 1945, charged defendant, Robert L. Harris, with larceny of an automobile, receiving stolen property knowing it to have been stolen, the theft of an automobile of the value of $2200, and unauthorized tampering and meddling with a motor vehicle. On a trial, without a jury, defendant was adjudged guilty of the crime charged in the second count, that is, of receiving an automobile knowing it to have been stolen. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than…