People v. Manning

Defendant appeals from a judgment upon a verdict finding him guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to one year in the county jail and fined $25.

About 9 a. m. January 17, 1942, Joseph Caputo, employed for 27 years by the Chicago Daily News, drove into, and parked his truck in, the alley between Wells and Franklin streets, south of Jackson boulevard beneath the “El” structure in Chicago, Illinois. The truck blocked the alley while Caputo, at the rear, was removing bundles of newspapers. Defendant drove a Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer truck into the alley and called upon Caputo to…