Cunningham v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
An indictment was returned into the criminal court of Cook county, charging the plaintiffs in error, John Cunningham and John Callahan, and two other persons, namely, Harry A. Taylor and Patrick Kane, with the crime of murder in the killing of one Peter Hartman. Taylor and Kane were not apprehended, but the plaintiffs in error were placed on trial before the court and a jury in said criminal court, and were adjudged guilty of the crime of manslaughter, and condemned to be imprisoned in the State penitentiary at Joliet for an indefinite period. They allege that errors which greatly prejudiced…
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