People v. Grant

Plaintiff in error, with Walter Krauser, was indicted on the charge of murder for killing Ralph Senders, a policeman of the city of Chicago, on December 19, 1922. Separate trials were had. Plaintiff in error was convicted and his punishment fixed at death. He brings the cause here for review, contending that the evidence does not establish the crime of murder; that the court admitted incompetent and prejudicial evidence; erred in giving and refusing instructions ; and that the evidence fails to establish the guilt of plaintiff in error beyond a reasonable doubt. Present counsel for plaintiff…