The People v. Dascola

Mr., Justice Heard

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Giovani Dascola, (also called John Dascola,) and Carmela Dascola, his wife, were indicted and tried in the criminal court of Cook county for the murder of Robert Killion. Mrs. Dascola was acquitted, while the plaintiff in error was convicted and his punishment fixed at twenty years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was made and overruled and plaintiff in error sentenced in accordance with the verdict. The record is before this court for review upon writ of error.

On the evening of August 9, 1925, Minnie…