PEOPLE v. EATMAN

No. 31388.

405 Ill. 491 (1950)

91 N.E.2d 387

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOHN W. EATMAN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

AARON H. PAYNE, of Chicago, (JAMES Y. CARTER, and JULIAN B. WILKINS, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, and RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, both of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE GUNN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, John W. Eatman, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for manslaughter. He was tried before the court without a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. He prosecutes a writ of error.

Defendant, with his wife, occupied the south front apartment on the second floor of an apartment building at No. 1244 South...

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