The People v. Basile

Tony Rocco, Emil Manzone, Dominic DeNardi and Richard Basile were indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the murder of Maurice Marcusson. George Chevas was charged with being an accessory after the fact. The defendants Basile and Chevas were tried together, the abstract not showing exactly what became of the case as to Rocco, Manzone and DeNardi. Chevas was acquitted, and the plaintiff in error, Basile, having been found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, prosecutes this writ of error.

Mitchell Goldenstein was the only witness to the murder who testified. The…