The People v. Novotny

Gus Novotny was'convicted of malicious mischief in the criminal court of Cook county The jury found the value of the damaged property to be more than fifteen dollars and as a result of the finding Novotny was sentenced to the penitentiary. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1937, chap. 38, par. 425, p. 1155.) He prosecutes this writ of error.

The indictment is in two counts and charges Novotny with injuring and defacing a building and some of its contents located at 5466 Lake Park avenue in Chicago on September 8, 1937. Testimony was introduced that Novotny, an assistant business agent for the Upholsterers…