Guedel v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
'Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. The facts in this case are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
At the May Term, 1866, of the Madison County Circuit Court, John Guedel, the plaintiff in error, was indicted for the murder of Adam Zimmerman. The indictment charged the killing to have been done by striking the deceased upon the head with a gun. The defendant pleaded awbre fois acqwit. The plea set forth that at the October Term, 1864, of the same court, the defendant was indicted for the murder of said Zimmerman, duly tried by a jury and acquitted. The plea gives the former indictment, which avers the killing to have been done by shooting with a gun, charged with gunpowder and leaden shot.…
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