Gindrat v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the-Hon. John P. Altgeld, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
In the Criminal Court of Cook county, the plaintiffs in error, John Gindrat and George Brown, were indicted and tried for the larceny of a diamond ring. Upon conviction each of them was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of four years.
The evidence introduced by the prosecution tended to prove- • that at about four o’clock in the afternoon of May 14, 1890, the plaintiffs in error went into the place of business of Charles Gilman, a jeweler, at No. 124 North Clark street, in the city of Chicago, and asked to see some rings; that three trays containing rings were placed by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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