The PEOPLE v. Newman

Ronald Edward Newman was indicted in the circuit court of Winnebago County for the crime of burglary, a jury found him guilty and the court sentenced him to the penitentiary for a term of 3 to 10 years. He prosecutes this writ of error to review the conviction.

The defendant first argues that the indictment which charges the breaking and entering of “the building of one Jess F. Bablitt, as lessee” is fatally defective because it fails to allege ownership of the building. In People v. Stewart, 23 Ill.2d 161, we made a careful analysis of this contention and the purpose of alleging ownership of…