People v. O'Brien

Walter O’Brien and William Egan, members of the police force’ of the city of Chicago, were indicted at the August, 1915, term of the criminal court of Cook county for the crime of receiving a bribe of $500 from Christian P. Bertsche on January 4, 1913. They were jointly tried and convicted of said crime, and pending the motion for a new trial Egan died. His death was suggested of record, the motion for a new trial as to O’Brien overruled, and a judgment rendered on the verdict of the jury sentencing him to the penitentiary. He has sued out this writ of error to reverse that judgment.

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