The People v. Brown

Mr. Justice; Gunn

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, William Brown, seeks reversal of a conviction of manslaughter on May 25, 1945, in the criminal court of Cook county. He was indicted for manslaughter and waived a jury trial. The judgment of the court sentenced him to a minimum of ten, and a maximum of fourteen, years in the penitentiary.

April 1, 1945, the defendant and James Moorehouse, the deceased, after playing pool for some time in a room located at No. 1433 West Roosevelt road, adjourned to the alley in the rear of the building to shoot dice. A quarrel occurred…