The People v. Brindley

Plaintiff in error, Ralph Brindley, (hereinafter referred to as defendant,) was convicted in the city court of East St. Louis of the murder of Charles Vaughn and his punishment fixed at fifty years in the penitentiary. At the conclusion of the People’s case, and again at the conclusion of all the evidence, a motion for a directed verdict of not guilty was made and was denied by the court. Brindley prosecutes this writ of error.

On the evening of March 28, 1937, defendant was working in a tavern in East St. Louis owned by James Gable. With him was his wife, together with his former wife, Mrs.…