The People v. Peterson

Charles Peterson, who will be referred to as the defendant, was convicted of manslaughter in the criminal court of Cook county and seeks review of the record of that conviction by this writ of error. The indictment charged him with having caused the death of Glenn Peters by means of the felonious, wantonly-negligent driving and willful mismanagement of an automobile. One of his contentions is that the record fails to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and it will therefore be necessary to review the evidence.

Peters was killed on Franklin avenue, in the city of Chicago, not far…