People v. Hill

The defendant was convicted under an information charging the murder of one Alex. Dombrowski, in Brownstown township, Wayne county, Michigan, on the 24th day of January, 1922. Mr. Dombrowski kept a roadhouse on the Dixie highway, a short distance out of the city of Detroit. It is the theory of the prosecution that the defendant with three companions, Melvin Brown, Homer Noel, and Leo Pakizer, all of whom were at that time engaged in the business appropriately called bootlegging, went to Dombrowski’s place for the purpose of hijacking some liquor. When they arrived they represented that they…