People v. McMahon

The plaintiff in error was convicted a second time of murder and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for fifteen years. The former conviction was reversed for error occurring on the trial. (People v. McMahon, 244 Ill. 45.) The second trial was had before Judge Richard M. Skinner, who died after the verdict was rendered, and the motion for a new trial was heard and decided by Judge Samuel C. Stough, who signed the bill of exceptions. The errors complained of on the record now before us are the denial of a motion for a continuance, a ruling on the admissibility of evidence, improper…