The People v. Frenchwood

The defendant, John Frenchwood, was tried by the court without a jury in the criminal court of Cook County and found guilty of the crime of murder. He was sentenced to 40 years in the penitentiary. We have issued a writ of error to review the judgment of conviction.

No question is raised on the writ of error as to the sufficiency of the evidence to establish the defendant’s guilt, and the errors assigned pertain solely to the admission of certain evidence. It is therefore, not necessary to relate the evidence in detail. The defendant, together with his brother, James Frenchwood, and one Robert…