The People v. Liddell

Lampton Liddell, by an indictment returned in the criminal court of Cook county, was charged with the murder of LaFisher Alexander. The defendant pleaded not guilty and waived a trial by jury. The court found him guilty of manslaughter, and after overruling motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, sentenced him to the penitentiary. Liddell prosecutes this writ of error.

On the evening of December 30, 1931, certain police officers of the city of Chicago received a report that an automobile accident had occurred in the vicinity of 1310 Roosevelt road. Three officers drove to that…