The People v. Golson

Plaintiff in error entered a plea of not guilty in the criminal court of Cook county to an indictment charging him with the murder of Marion Mason. He waived a trial by jury. The cause was tried before the court. The court found plaintiff in error guilty and entered judgment sentencing him to the penitentiary for a term of fourteen years. To review that judgment he has brought the record here by writ of error.

Plaintiff in error seeks a reversal of the judgment in this court on the ground that he claims he was acting in self-defense at the time he killed the deceased. The record shows that the…