The People v. Clements

Plaintiff in error, Ray Clements, and Joe Worsham, John Lowe, Delmar Simpson and Edward Zappe, were jointly indicted and tried in the circuit court of Franklin county, Illinois, for the murder of John Heral Byrn. The jury returned a verdict finding the defendants Worsham, Lowe and Simpson guilty of murder and the defendants Zappe and Clements guilty of manslaughter. In accordance with the verdict, as motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment had been overruled, Worsham and Lowe were sentenced to the penitentiary for life, Simpson was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of twenty…