Legal Opinion

People v. Trumbley

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 25, 1911PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Writ oe Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Albert C. Barnes, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

It is conceded that the second count of the indictment under which the plaintiff in error, Grace Trumbley, was convicted, in the criminal court of Cook county, of the crime of rape and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of twenty years is insufficient to support the judgment, and the only disputed question is whether the first count constitutes a legal charge against her of the commission of that crime. Omitting the formal parts, the count is as follows: “That one Jerry Trumbley and one Grace Trumbley, late of the county of Cook, on the thirty-first day of August, in the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  2. State v. AbbeySupreme Court of Vermont · 1856
  3. Wistrand v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Coates v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  5. Parker v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1899

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. The People v. DamenIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Commonwealth v. MorrowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. WhiteheadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  4. The PEOPLE v. IsaacsIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
  5. The People v. MooreIllinois Supreme Court · 1938

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