People v. Haensel

Plaintiff in error, Arthur E. Haensel, was convicted of the murder of his wife, Cecelia Haensel, and his punishment was fixed' at death. The defense was insanity and alibi. He prosecutes this writ of error to reverse the judgment of the criminal court of Cook county on the grounds that the court erred in the admission of evidence and in the giving and refusing of instructions.

Plaintiff in error was born in Chicago and was twenty-eight years old at the time of the trial. When he was twelve years old he was placed in the Cook County Parental School on account of truancy and remained there two…