Defendant, Russell Charles Dewey, was indicted by the Winnebago County grand jury for the murder of Susan Brady. A change
of venue was sought and the cause was transferred to the circuit court of DeKalb County. A jury found the defendant guilty,
and he was sentenced to a term of 20 to 50 years in the penitentiary. This appeal followed. Susan Brady, an eleven-year-old girl, was last seen alive on December 20, 1965, at approximately 5:30 P.M. She had gone to
the home of her girl friend after school and was returning to her home. The friend, Cecelia Burns, had walked part way home
with Susan and left her on the south side of School Street, being an east-west street in the city of Rockford, Illinois, where
School Street interests Albert Avenue, a north-south street. It was dark when Cecelia started back home in an easterly direction
as Susan continued west on the south side of School Street. A witness for the People testified that possibly a few minutes
before 6:00 o'clock P.M., he heard screaming out in front of his home and then a car starting fast and spinning its wheels
on the street. His home was on the south side of School Street and to the west of Albert Avenue.
