Mackin v. People

■ At the May term, 1903, an indictment charging Thomas J. Mackin with the murder of Joseph P. Brett was returned into the. criminal court of Cook county. A trial resulted in the conviction of'Mackin and his sentence to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of fourteen years, and he has sued out a writ of error and relies on two grounds for a reversal : (1) That the evidence does not support the verdict; and (2)' that the court misdirected the jury as to the law.

It appears from the evidence that on the 30th day of April, 1903, Joseph P. Brett, John McGuffin and Timothy Driscoll, at about…