People v. Fricano

Pete Fricano, plaintiff in error, was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the murder of Michael Banza and on April 14, 1921, was sentenced to the State penitentiary at Joliet for the term of his natural life. He has sued out this writ of error for a review of that judgment.

Michael Banza was killed by plaintiff in error on the morning of May 25, 1919, at about two o’clock, in the city of Chicago, in Cook county. He was about nineteen years of age, of medium build and weighed about 130 pounds. He was a native of Germany and came to this country when he was about three years old.…