The People v. Sudduth

The defendant, Melvin Sudduth, age 23, (plaintiff in error here) was convicted of manslaughter by the criminal court of Cook County and was sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one year nor more than fourteen years. Trial was by the court, a jury having been waived. To reverse this conviction he has sued out a writ of error.

The first contention of defendant is that the indictment is wholly insufficient to charge him with the offense of manslaughter.

The indictment in the first count charges in substance that on October 19, 1956, the defendant unlawfully,…