Ritzman v. People

The plaintiff in error, Nicholas Ritzman, and William Spies, were indicted in the Criminal Court of Cook county, at its September term, 1883, for the murder of Charles Lovett. At the following December term Ritzman was tried separately, before the court and a jury, upon said charge. The trial resulted in his conviction for manslaughter, the jury fixing the term of his confinement in the penitentiary at eight years. The usual motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment having been made,-considered and overruled, the court thereupon entered final judgment in pursuance of the verdict, to…