People v. Anderson
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ OR Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. William H. McSurlly, Judge, presiding. On January 9, 1908, David Anderson, John Dennin and Joseph Lemke were jointly indicted by the grand jury of Cook county for the murder of Michael D. Callaghan, a police officer of the city of Chicago.
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Writ OR Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. William H. McSurlly, Judge, presiding. On January 9, 1908, David Anderson, John Dennin and Joseph Lemke were jointly indicted by the grand jury of Cook county for the murder of Michael D. Callaghan, a police officer of the city of Chicago. Upon a trial in the criminal court of that county Anderson and Dennin were found guilty by a jury, which fixed the punishment of Anderson at death and that of Dennin at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. During the progress of the trial Lemke withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Anderson denied that he signed the written statement above set out. When it was ready to be signed, according to the evidence for the prosecution, the police sent out for persons not connected with the police department to witness Anderson’s signature, and brought in W. L. Norman-dine, a deputy sheriff serving in the, municipal court, and a man by the name of Campbell. The latter was not called as a witness and it appears that he was out of the State at the time the case was tried. Normandine was and testified that he was acquainted with Anderson and saw him in the police station on the…
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