The PEOPLE v. McGraw

This is an appeal by the defendant, Livingston McGraw, from a conviction of murder in the criminal court of Cook County. He was tried by a jury and the court entered judgment on the verdict which fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of 14 years.

The indictment for murder arose out of the undenied shooting and killing of one Richard Roushorn, a Chicago police sergeant, following an altercation over a slight collison. A motion for directed verdict at the close of State’s evidence and at the close of the case was overruled. After verdict, a motion for a new trial…