The People v. Harrison

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the circuit court of Williamson county. Plaintiff in error, upon a trial by jury, was found guilty of the murder of Edith Vaughn. The jury fixed his punishment at fourteen years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. He was sentenced accordingly.

On March 11, 1945, plaintiff in error was engaged in operating a tavern and dance hall in Colp, Illinois. The events leading,up to the fatal shooting originated in an argument in plaintiff in error’s tavern, between Jessie Copening and Edith Kirby, over the playing of a juke box. Shortly after this argument…