The People v. Rice

Alexander Rice was in January, 1932, found guilty by a jury in the criminal court of Cook county of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for from one to fourteen years, as provided by statute. To review that judgment and sentence he has sued out this writ of error and seeks reversal on two grounds: First, because he was not given a continuance when he requested it; and second, because the evidence, he claims, does not show him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Rice’s conviction resulted from the killing of Felix Mercsanits on August 12, 1931. The two men had had an altercation over…