The People v. Lavac

By this writ of error to the criminal court of Cook county, plaintiff in error, Arthur Lavac, seeks reversal of his conviction and sentence to life imprisonment for the murder of Frank Svec, a police officer.

Lavac resided in Berwyn with his wife and children. Svec and another police officer, Chatterton, went to Lavac’s home about 6:30 o’clock in the evening of December 12, 1932. They were both dressed in plain clothes and wore overcoats buttoned except at the top. They stopped their car in front of Lavac’s home and walked to the kitchen door, which was closed, as was also the storm door.…