The People v. Corry

Varner Corry was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the murder of Edward Erancis Smith. He pleaded not guilty, waived a trial by jury, was found guilty by the court and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for eighteen years. He prosecutes this writ of error.

The plaintiff in error, Varner Corry, is fifteen years of age, and resided with his parents at 736 South Claremont avenue, in the city of Chicago. During the forenoon of Memorial Day, May 30, 1931, the plaintiff in error, his brother Earl Corry, thirteen, and Schuyler Pierson, sixteen years of age, went to the John…