PEOPLE v. SUMOSKI, 326 Ill. App. 597 (1945)

63 N.E.2d 138

Gen. No. 43,439. (Abstract of Decision.)Appellate Court of Illinois, First District.
Opinion filed October 15, 1945 Rehearing denied October 30, 1945 Released for publication October 30, 1945

LARCENY, § 26[*] — sufficieney of proof of ownership of property stolen. Fact that property stolen was in custody of company, named in indictment as owner, was sufficient proof of ownership of such property, on prosecution for petit larceny, although title to property actually was in another corporation or person.

Error to the Criminal Court of Cook County; the Hon. FRANK M. PADDEN, Judge, presiding.

Affirmed. Heard in the first division, first district, this court at the June term, 1945.

Thaddeus C. Toudor, for plaintiff in error;

William.J. Tuohy, State’s Attorney, for defendant in error;

Edward E. Wilson, John T. Gallagher, Melvin S. Rembe and Joseph A. Pope, Assistant State’s Attorneys, of counsel.

Opinion by JUSTICE NIEMEYER.

Not to be published in full. Opinion filed October 15, 1945; rehearing denied October 30, 1945; released for publication October 30, 1945.