Ritter v. People

At the November term, 1885, of the circuit court of McLean county, plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of manslaughter, for killing one Jeff Adkins, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five years. From that judgment he prosecutes this writ of error.

Without going into a general review of the evidence, the following facts are accepted as being established upon the trial: The defendant was a farmer, residing on a farm in McLean county at the time of the killing. Deceased had been employed by him as a farm hand for one month, his time expiring about noon on the 3d of August,…