The People v. Dorr

Samuel Howard Dorr and Genevieve O’Brien were indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the murder of William J. O’Brien. They were tried separately. A jury found Dorr guilty and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. Judgment was rendered on the verdict and Dorr prosecutes this writ of error for a review of the record.

The plaintiff in error, Dorr, in the year 1929, conducted an insurance agency at 7455 Cottage Grove avenue, Chicago, and resided with his wife and two children in the first or lower apartment of his two-story- building at 7328 Maplewood…