PEOPLE v. BRITTON

No. 31180.

405 Ill. 11 (1950)

90 N.E.2d 77

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILBUR PEARL BRITTON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 18, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILBUR PEARL BRITTON, pro se.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and E.C. EBERSPACHER, State's Attorney, of Shelbyville (HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 18, 1943, plaintiff in error and one Harold Junior Abel were jointly indicted in the circuit court of Shelby County for the crimes of burglary and larceny. There were three counts in the indictment, each one charging the two defendants with forcibly breaking into a garage building and stealing and carrying away two five-gallon cans...

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