People v. Bacon

Plaintiff in error, John Bacon, was tried in the criminal court of Cook county on an indictment charging him with the murder of Jeremiah McDonald. He was found guilty of manslaughter, and seeks to reverse the judgment of the criminal court for the reason that the evidence raised a reasonable doubt of his sanity and therefore that the verdict is not supported by the evidence, and for the further reason that the court erred in giving to the jury instructions defining manslaughter.

The shooting took place in Welch Bros.’ saloon, in Chicago, about 11145 o’clock in the night of January 18, 1918.…