Alexander v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of DeKalb county; the Hon. C. W. Upton, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against George Alexander for the murder of his wife by shooting her. On March 24, 1879, Anna Alexander was shot by the defendant, from which shot she died. The defendant was a negro, and his wife, the deceased, was a white person. On the day mentioned she left Sycamore, her home, and went to DeKalb.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of DeKalb county; the Hon. C. W. Upton, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against George Alexander for the murder of his wife by shooting her. On March 24, 1879, Anna Alexander was shot by the defendant, from which shot she died. The defendant was a negro, and his wife, the deceased, was a white person. On the day mentioned she left Sycamore, her home, and went to DeKalb. The defendant, being under the influence of intoxicating liquor, procured a gun and went to DeKalb with the design of reclaiming his wife, who was an abandoned woman. The defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
At the June term, 1879, of the DeKalb county circuit court an indictment was presented in open court by the grand jury of that county, charging George Alexander with the murder of Anna Alexander. On the next day defendant was arraigned, and entered a motion to quash the indictment. That motion the court overruled and the accused, standing mute, the court directed a plea of “ not guilty ” to be entered. The record recites that on the same day the motion to quash the indictment was overruled, which was the next day after the indictment was presented in court, defendant was placed on his trial,…
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