The People v. Shaffer

Jack William Shaffer, hereinafter called defendant, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for murder. The count in the indictment on which he was tried charged that he “then and there unlawfully, feloniously, wilfully and of his malice' aforethought did strike, beat, hit, bruise and wound said Petty Joyce Weir, in and upon the head, neck, chest, trunk, abdomen, back, limb and body of the said Petty Joyce Weir with a razor strop, giving to said Petty Joyce Weir divers mortal wounds, cuts, lacerations, fractures, ruptures, bruises, hemorrhages, contusions and concussions in and upon…