People v. Venckus

The plaintiff in error was indicted at the October term, 1916, of the circuit court of Winnebago county, for the murder of Stanley Paczuillis. He was convicted of manslaughter and adjudged to serve an indefinite term in the penitentiary at Joliet and has sued out this writ of error.

Plaintiff in error was born in Russia, is twenty-seven 3rears of age and has been in this country about seven years. In the summer of 1916 he was living with his wife about five miles south of the city of Rockford on a five-acre tract of land, which he farmed and raised potatoes and garden vegetables and feed for…