People v. Cummings

The defendants Felix John Cummings and George Lewis were convicted of first degree murder for the killing of one Ralph Nischo at about three o’clock in the morning of January 7, 1936. The deceased was shot and killed by Lewis while both defendants were engaged in the commission of a felony, to wit, a robbery in a bar and grill known as Leo’s Tavern. This case has been twice tried, each time resulting in the conviction of both defendants as charged in the indictment. At each trial Cummings interposed intoxication as a defense while Lewis pleaded the defense of “ alibi ” at the first trial. In…