The People v. Nixon

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was, with one Earl Hicks, indicted for the murder of Florence Johnson on May 27, 1938. Hicks pleaded guilty and the cause proceeded in the criminal court of Cook county against defendant Nixon. The jury returned a verdict finding him guilty of murder and fixing his punishment at death. He brings the cause here urging numerous contentions for reversal of the judgment of conviction.

After arraignment, defendant’s counsel, on July 13, filed a motion and affidavit for change of venue, naming thirty-nine judges of the superior, circuit, and…