The PEOPLE v. White

Elijah White, the defendant, was indicted and tried in the criminal court of Gook County jointly with William Green. White was charged with the crime of murder and Green as an accessory after the fact. A jury was waived, and the court found White guilty and sentenced him to the penitentiary for a term of 99 years.

On this writ of error the defendant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The testimony offered by the prosecution, if believed, established that he shot and killed one policeman, and wounded another, in an effort to…