Legal Opinion
The People v. Meisenhelter
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 17, 1942No. 26731. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Stone
the court:
A jury in the circuit court of Macon county found plaintiffs in error, Harry E. Meisenhelter, Edwin Roy, Stewart C. Lorton, George Diehl and George Bruns guilty of the crime of malicious mischief. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied, judgment was entered on the verdict and they were sentenced to the penitentiary. They prosecute this writ of error to reverse that judgment.
The indictment in each of seven counts charges that plaintiffs in error and others therein named as defendants, on February 9, 1940, willfully, maliciously and feloniously injured, broke…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- People v. . FlackNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Franklin Union No. 4 v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- People v. . McKaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- The People v. MontanaIllinois Supreme Court · 1942
- The People v. BrauneIllinois Supreme Court · 1936
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3Cited by45 opinions
- People v. MorrisIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- People v. HurstMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. SinnottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- People v. LeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
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