People v. Ryan

Mr. Chiep Justice Cartwright

delivered the opinion of the court:

The grand jury returned into the criminal court of Cook county an indictment against John Ryan, plaintiff in error, consisting of a single count, and charging him with an assault upon William H. Oliver with intent to commit the crime of robbery. On the trial William H. Oliver testified that on January 20, 1908, at five o’clock P. M., he was standing on the rear platform of a Cottage Grove avenue car in Chicago going south; that when the car reached VanBuren street the platform was crowded with people and he was being pushed and…