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THE PEOPLE v. WEBSTER

No. 35037.

17 Ill.2d 177 (1959)

161 N.E.2d 104

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOE WEBSTER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 24, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT EMMETT LEE, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and WILLIAM H. SOUTH, Assistant Attorneys General, and FRANCIS X. RILEY, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Joe Webster, was convicted of the crime of larceny of a motor vehicle in the criminal court of Cook County. He and Lawrence Goodwin had been jointly indicted for the theft of an automobile from John Groszek and jointly charged in a separate indictment with the theft of a car belonging to Alvin Teeter. The two indictments were consolidated for a bench trial with the consent...

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