People v. Andrae

Shortly after midnight of February 6, 1920, four men entered the factory of the Western Sháde Cloth Company, seized and bound the inside watchman, the engineer and fireman, and later shot and killed the outside watchman, who refused to throw up his hands upon demand. Plaintiff in error and others were indicted for this murder. A verdict of guilty was returned and the judgment entered on that verdict was reversed by this court in People v. Andrae, 295 Ill. 445. The cause was remandfed and on a retrial plaintiff in error was found not guilty of murder. He was afterwards indicted and convicted…