Legal Opinion

White v. People

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1876PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. James C. Allen, J udge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey

At a special term, of the circuit court of the county of Champaign, begun January 4, 1875, the Hon. James C. Allen, circuit judge of the 21st circuit, presiding, the plaintiffs in error were tried and convicted of the murder of Wm. Harris. The indictment purports to have been found at the September term, 1874. The verdict was rendered on January 20, and sentence pronounced on the 22d of January, 1875, condemning each of the plaintiffs in error to be hanged on February 12,1875. This writ brings to this court, for review, this judgment, and the proceedings of record on which it rests.

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2Cited by37 opinions

  1. Brooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. The People v. RybkaIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
  3. State ex rel. Attorney General v. TallySupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  4. State v. OrrickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  5. People v. MarxIllinois Supreme Court · 1919

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