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PEOPLE v. GOUGAS

No. 31972.

410 Ill. 235 (1951)

102 N.E.2d 152

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. HENRY GOUGAS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 27, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ELLIS & WESTBROOKS, and W. CHESTER KITCHEN, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, ARTHUR F. MANNING, WILLIAM J. McGAH, JR., JAMES A. BROWN, and ARTHUR DILLNER, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Henry Gougas was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the murder of Donald Hugh Simms. A jury found him guilty and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. Judgment was rendered on the verdict and Gougas prosecutes this writ of error for a review of the record.

The facts necessary to this opinion show that the plaintiff in error...

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