The People v. Jersky

Rubin Jersky was convicted of murder in the criminal court of Cook county on a trial before a jury. This writ of error seeks review of a judgment entered on the verdict of that jury whereby he was sentenced to a term of twenty years imprisonment.

The man who was killed by Jersky was Donald Warden who lived with his wife and baby in the first or ground floor apartment at 1143 South Central Park avenue in the city of Chicago. The defendant, Jersky, lived on the other side of South Central Park avenue, nearly, but not quite, across the street from the Wardens. Across the alley to the south from…