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PEOPLE v. BROOKS

Gen. No. 49,533.

52 Ill. App.2d 473 (1964)

202 N.E.2d 265

People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Freeman Brooks, Plaintiff in Error.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

October 15, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Lupa, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Robert K. Kelty, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

A jury convicted Freeman Brooks of the murder of Castoria Jones, Jr., and fixed his punishment at 14 years in the penitentiary. A writ of error issued by the Supreme Court to review his conviction was transferred to this court.

The defendant, Freeman Brooks, 66 years of age, was a widower who lived alone in a third floor apartment at 4725 Indiana Avenue, Chicago. Lucille Chapman, her eight-year-old daughter...

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