The People v. Jackymiak

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the criminal court of Cook county. Plaintiff in error was found guilty by a jury of the murder of Raymon Besserra. The jury fixed his punishment at death by electrocution. The killing occurred between 11 :oo and 11:3o P. M. on February 7, 1942, at a tavern at 4458 Ashland avenue in the city of Chicago.

The theory of the People is that plaintiff in error and one Joseph Skupien entered the tavern together. There were some twenty persons in the tavern at that time. Plaintiff in error was armed with a sawed-off shotgun and a revolver. Skupien was…