The People v. Mcgraw

This is an appeal by the defendant, Livingston McGraw, from a conviction of murder in the criminal court of Cook County.
He was tried by a jury and the court entered judgment on the verdict which fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary
for a term of 14 years. The indictment for murder arose out of the undenied shooting and killing of one Richard Roushorn, a Chicago police sergeant,
following an altercation over a slight collison. A motion for directed verdict at the close of State's evidence and at the
close of the case was overruled. After verdict, a motion for a new trial was made. The defendant then withdrew his motion
for new trial and, with leave of court, filed his motion to set aside the verdict and to enter an order discharging him on
the ground that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and that he acted in self-defense.