People v. Cloutier

This appeal comes from a conviction of voluntary manslaughter entered June 9, 1964 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Criminal Division. The appellant urges as grounds for reversal that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that certain evidence was not properly admitted at his trial. He was tried by the court, a jury having been waived.

The appellant is accused of killing one William Neiswander on Christmas night, 1963. Richard Watt, Neiswander’s roommate, testified that the last time he saw the deceased prior to December 25,1963 was on December 22, at which time he was…