The People v. Dale

On August 4, 1933, Gustav Hoeh was shot to death in front of his haberdashery store at 5948 West Division street, Chicago, in connection with an armed daylight robbery of his place of business. For this crime the plaintiff in error, George Dale, otherwise known as George Kennedy, together with Eleanor Jarman and Leo Minnecci, was indicted for murder. The case was tried before a jury in the criminal court of Cook county, resulting in a verdict and sentence of guilty as to all defendants and imposing the death penalty on Dale, who by leave of court sues out this writ of error to review that…