Munroe v. State

The issues that surround this claim commenced on the 29th day of August, 1936 when claimant, a 15 year old Chicago newspaper boy, called at the apartment of Agnes Roffies, a woman of the age of 66 years, in order to collect from her the weekly payment for the delivery of a newspaper. Claimant was invited into the home of Agnes Roffies to rest and have a soft drink. The evidence discloses that, at the request of Mrs. Roffies, claimant straightened a key to one of her doors, and, in so doing, made use of a hammer, which later was introduced in evidence as the weapon, which caused her death.

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