The People v. Ficke

Steve Ficke, Mike Caselli and Gus Fiocca, together with James Angelino and Vito Ficke, were indicted in the criminal court of Cook county in seven counts for violations of the “act to regulate the manufacture, transportation, use and sale of explosives and to punish an improper use of the same,” approved June 16, 1887. A nolle prosequi was entered as to Vito Ficke and the case was stricken as to Angelino. The other three defendants were tried together. Fiocca was acquitted but Ficke and Caselli were convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary. They have sued out a writ of error.

The first and…