Healy v. People

At the January term, 1895, of the Criminal Court of Cook county, the plaintiffs in error, Michael J. Healy and Thomas J. Moran, who had been jointly indicted for the murder of Swan Nelson, were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of fourteen years each. At the time of the homicide, which occurred about three o’clock in the morning of the 25th day of December, 1893, the plaintiffs in error were policemen of the city of Chicago and were engaged in the performance of their duties as such officers. Their beats were adjacent to each other, and after twelve…