The People v. Chaney

Daniel Chaney and Charles Wilson, alias Charles Brown, were indicted in the criminal court of Cook county charged with assault with intent to commit murder. Chaney was granted a separate trial. A jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to the penitentiary. By this writ of error he seeks a reversal of the judgment.

On July 25, 1929, about midnight, five men appeared at the rear door of Henry Johnson’s home at 1415 Hastings street in the city of Chicago. Johnson, his wife and three children had retired for the night. Johnson arose and opened the door and two men afterwards identified as the…