The People v. Jones

Plaintiff in error was found guilt of grand larceny in the criminal court of Cook county. A jury was waived and trial had before the court, on the first count of the indictment charging that she feloniously stole a fur coat of the value of $778.30, the property of the “Parker Fur Co. Inc., a corporation.”

The facts shown by the People’s evidence are that plaintiff in error entered the store of the complaining witness at about eleven o’clock on the morning of February 20, 1942, by means of an elevator, which was the only means of reaching the store. She asked one of the employees of the…