People v. Kelso

James Lorette, the manager of a theater, was shot while investigating the source of noises which indicated that a burglary was taking place. He died almost immediately after the attack upon him.

Silas J. Kelso, Richard R. Graham and Edward Krudy were charged jointly with the burglary of the theater and, in a second count of the indictment, with the murder of Lorette. Graham and Krudy pleaded guilty and testified for the People in the trial of Kelso, who admitted that upon each of three previous occasions he had been convicted of a felony for which he served a term of imprisonment. A jury found…