People v. Carmichael

Gordon Carmichael, Joseph Shaheen, Thomas Harris-, Clint Petty and Tony Sgro, all minors, residing in the city of Springfield, were indicted at the January, 1924, term of the circuit court of Macoupin county for the crime of murder. They were tried and found guilty of manslaughter-. Carmichael withdrew his motion for a new trial and was sentenced to the penitentiary. The other defendants sue out this writ of error.

At about seven o’clock on Sunday evening, February 3, 1924, the plaintiff in error Harris, who was then sixteen years of age, took from the private driveway of Ellinger & Kunz,…