The People v. White.

Plaintiff in error, William White, herein called the defendant, was found guilty of the murder of Edward Pflaume, a police officer, by the verdict of a jury fixing his penalty at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of his natural life. The criminal court of Cook county (the trial court) overruled his motion for a new trial and sentenced him to the penitentiary in accordance with the verdict of the jury. He has sued out this writ of error to review the record.

On the afternoon of December 13, 1925, the deceased, Edward Pflaume, and Maurice Jacobs, police officers of the village of…