The People v. Papas

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the criminal court of Cook county. Plaintiff in error, Athon Papas, was convicted by the verdict of a jury of the crime of murder. After the denial of a motion for new trial, he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of ninety-nine years.

The fatal shooting occurred about 12:30 on the morning of May 29, 1939. Muriel Campbell, the deceased, was one of a party of five high-school students who had been out together that evening in Muriel’s car. As they drove by a fruit store at Park- and North avenue, Muriel said she was hungry and wanted some…