Greschia v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. William A. Porter, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against Carl Gresur, alias Carlo Greschia, for the murder of Stephania Lagarmarsen. The circumstances under which the homicide was committed, are set forth in the opinion of the court.
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Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. William A. Porter, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against Carl Gresur, alias Carlo Greschia, for the murder of Stephania Lagarmarsen. The circumstances under which the homicide was committed, are set forth in the opinion of the court. On behalf of the prosecution, the court instructed the jury as follows: 1. The court instructs the jury, that “manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being, without malice, express or implied, and without any mixture of deliberation whatever. It must be voluntary, upon a sudden heat of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
The plaintiff in error was indicted in the superior court of the city of Chicago, for murder, and a verdict rendered of manslaughter, and sentencing him to confinement in the penitentiary for one year, on which the court entered judgment.
The points made here, by the plaintiff in error, question the correctness of this finding, and also the ruling of the court upon the instructions.
As to the finding, we have examined with care all the evidence in the record, and are constrained to say, it is of such a character as to have justified the jury in imposing a sentence upon the prisoner much more…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Reins v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
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