The People v. Pueschell

Odo Pueschell was indicted in the circuit court of Lake county for the murder of Wilma Miller. A jury trial resulted in a verdict finding Pueschell guilty and fixing his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. Judgment was rendered upon the verdict and he prosecutes this writ of error.

Wilma Miller was an unmarried woman, thirty years of age, and on May 7, 1927, had been employed as a servant in the home of Thorne Donnelley, at Lake Forest, in Lake county, for about six months. Mr. and Mrs. Donnelley were on their way home from Europe at the time and during their absence the…