The People v. Kopke

Plaintiffs in error, Joseph J. Kopke and Henry Hlavacek, were convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of assault with intent to maim one Mikolajczyk, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary. They have sued" out this writ of error.

The facts as shown by the record are'substantially as follows: The complaining witness was working in the back room of a butcher shop at 3708 West Twenty-sixth street. About 10 :oo A. M., plaintiffs in error, who were representatives of the Butchers’ Union, came into the shop and asked the owner if they might go into the back room, and upon receiving…