The People v. Uher

The defendant, Frank Uher, was indicted for the murder of his wife, Mary Uher, in the criminal court of Cook county. A jury found him guilty and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. Judgment was rendered on the verdict, and the defendant prosecutes this writ of error, seeking a reversal on the sole ground that the evidence does not support the verdict.

March 16, 1937, the defendant, then sixty-three years of age, his wife, but little younger, two adult sons and two daughters, resided in a six-room bungalow at 6431 Bishop street in Chicago. Prior to the day named,…