The People v. Hicketts

Frank Hicketts was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the murder of Edward Olson. The jury returned a verdict finding Hicketts guilty and fixing his punishment at fourteen years in the penitentiary. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were made and overruled, judgment was rendered on the verdict and sentence was imposed. Hicketts prosecutes this writ of error for a review of the record.

On August 8, 1925, Edward Olson and Lula Olson, his wife, resided in an apartment on the second floor of the building known as No. 432 Surf street, on the north side of the city of…