Legal Opinion

People v. Powers

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 16, 1917No. Gen. No. 6,407Published

Error to the County Court of Boone county; the Hon. William C. De Wolf, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1917.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell

An information containing eight counts was filed against George P. Powers in the County Court of Boone county and he was tried and convicted under the first and eighth counts, and we reversed that judgment and remanded the canse in People v. Powers, 200 Ill. App. 536, where the facts as they then appeared to the court were stated. After the cause was reinstated in the trial court, the State’s Attorney, by leave of court, filed an amended first count, and the cause*, was tried upon the amended first count and the eighth count, and defendant was acquitted under the amended first count and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Hankins v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  2. In re Estate of MaherIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Chicago & Alton Railroad Co. v. KellyIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Smyth v. NeffIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  5. People ex rel. Zilm v. CarrIllinois Supreme Court · 1914

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