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Schultz v. People

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 23, 1904PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. On September 26,1903, the plaintiff in error, Anna B. Schultz, a colored woman and practicing physician in Chicago, was indicted on a charge of receiving stolen property, to-wit, one ring of the value of $180.00, and one ring of the value of $120.00, the property of one Louis Weber, one Henry L. Weber and one Jacob Weber, partners, doing business as Louis Weber & Co. On December…

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Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. On September 26,1903, the plaintiff in error, Anna B. Schultz, a colored woman and practicing physician in Chicago, was indicted on a charge of receiving stolen property, to-wit, one ring of the value of $180.00, and one ring of the value of $120.00, the property of one Louis Weber, one Henry L. Weber and one Jacob Weber, partners, doing business as Louis Weber & Co. On December 30, 1903, a jury trial was had, which resulted in a verdict of guilty. After overruling the motion for new trial, judgment…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

delivered the opinion of the court:.We forbear to express any opinion upon the facts of this case, as the judgment must be reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial because of the errors hereinafter referred to.

First—Upon the trial below plaintiff in error asked the court to give the instruction hereinafter set forth without the modification contained in the brackets; but the court refused to g'ive the instruction as asked, and modified it by inserting the words embraced within the brackets. It is assigned as error by the plaintiff in error that the court did not give the instruction as…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Parkinson v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Baker v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  3. McElroy v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Chambers v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  5. Lyons v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. KrittenbrinkIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  2. The People v. CiralskyIllinois Supreme Court · 1935
  3. State v. PetersSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1957
  4. People v. StrauchAppellate Court of Illinois · 1910
  5. People v. HahnAppellate Court of Illinois · 1967

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