People v. Peranio

On the night of September 17, 1921, at about 11 o'clock, a storekeeper named Louis Woloshen was shot and killed near his place of business in Jackson, Michigan, by a highway robber in a “holdup,” as the transaction is termed.

It is stated in the brief of defendant’s counsel that:

“The defendant on said night met Louis Martin and Tom Corbey, who solicited him to accompany them to the scene of the homicide, on the plea that they, said Martin and Corbey, were out of employment, funds and were hungry and that they wanted to hold up the deceased and obtain some money.

“After pleading with defendant,…