The People v. Burgard

The defendant, Ray Burgard, was indicted in the circuit court of Will county for the involuntary manslaughter of Paul Markgraf with an automobile, and found guilty by a jury. Following the denial of motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, defendant was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary and his driver’s license revoked for one year. Defendant prosecutes this writ of error for a review of the record.

The fatal accident occurred about twenty minutes before six on Sunday evening, January 8, 1939, near the intersection of Washington street and Schorie avenue in Joliet,…