The People v. Tranowski

Defendant prosecutes a writ of error to the criminal court of Cook County to review his conviction as an habitual criminal for the crime of armed robbery.

About 6:05 p.m. on November 27, 1948, Raymond Fulton was about to enter the alley leading to the rear of his home at 6526 Bosworth Avenue in Chicago. He heard footsteps behind him and waited to see if it was a neighbor. The man approaching was a stranger wearing a dark topcoat and hat and holding a nickel-plated gun in his left hand. He made Fulton throw his wallet on the sidewalk, then told him to go on up the alley or be shot. On reaching…