The People v. Bureca

James Bureca and Joseph Tropea, plaintiffs in error, (hereinafter for convenience called the defendants,) were indicted at the October term, 1932, of the Vermilion county circuit court for the murder of Ralph Towl. The case was tried at that term of court but the jury disagreed. They were tried the second time at the January, 1933, term. They were found. guilty and their punishment was fixed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were made and overruled, whereupon the defendants sued out a writ of error from this court.

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