Kinney v. People

This was an indictment against John Kinney for the murder of Peter Vigo, in a saloon in'Chicago, on Sunday night, November 26, 1882. On a trial of the cause the jury found the defendant guilty of manslaughter, and fixed his term of imprisonment in the penitentiary at ten years. The court overruled a motion, for a new trial, and rendered judgment on the verdict, and the defendant sued out this writ of error, and assigns various errors, the first of which is, that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence.

It is claimed by counsel for the defendant that the shooting was done in self-defence.…