The PEOPLE v. Hal

Defendant herein, Robert Hal, was indicted, tried by jury and convicted of the crime of murder in the criminal court of Cook County, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of 199 years. The case comes to us on writ of error to review the judgment.

Defendant’s allegations of trial error include the manifestation of prejudice by the judge against the defendant, the admission of prejudicial evidence of statements by decedent’s wife made outside defendant’s presence, the admission of statments made during coverture by the defendant to his wife, permitting the jury to hear…