The People v. Minzer

John L. Minzer, plaintiff in error, (hereinafter called defendant,) prosecutes this writ of error to review a judgment of conviction of murder entered by the criminal court of Cook county upon the verdict of a jury finding him guilty. He was sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for twenty years. The seven counts of the indictment severally charged that he murdered Amelia Sailly Emmonse (otherwise called Amelia Emmons Sailly and Jerry Emmons) by choking and strangling her, by tightening a belt around her neck, by tightening a tie around her neck, and by constricting her neck with his…