McMahon v. People

Edward K. McMahon and Elbert J. Parks, plaintiffs in error, were indicted by the grand jury at the March terra, 1900, of the Madison county circuit court, for an assault with intent to kill and murder Henry Walter. On the trial they were found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary.

The plaintiffs in error arrived by a freight train in Edwardsville, in said county, from East St. Louis, on the evening of December 16, 1899. Soon after their arrival they were met by Thomas Morairity, a policeman, and warned to leave the town. Late that night or early the next morning they were discovered by…