Lewis v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Clay county; the Hon. Aaron- Shaw, Judge, presiding. At the October Term, 1865, of the Clay Circuit Court, the grand jury presented an indictment against George Lewis and others, for stealing one mare of the value of $150, and one colt of the value of $50. A capias was issued, and defendant was arrested.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Clay county; the Hon. Aaron- Shaw, Judge, presiding. At the October Term, 1865, of the Clay Circuit Court, the grand jury presented an indictment against George Lewis and others, for stealing one mare of the value of $150, and one colt of the value of $50. A capias was issued, and defendant was arrested. The cause was tried at the Hay Term, 1867. After hearing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and found the property stolen to be of the value of $200, and fixed the term of defendant’s confinement at four years in the penitentiary.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
In this case plaintiff was indicted for stealing a mare and colt. A trial was subsequently had in the Circuit Court, resulting in a verdict of “guilty,” and that he be confined in the penitentiary for the term of four years. A motion was entered for a new trial, upon the ground, among others, that the jury, when trying the case, after hearing the evidence, retired to consider of their verdict, in charge of an officer who was not sworn in the mode prescribed by the statute. The motion was overruled and a judgment rendered on the verdict. The record discloses the fact, that the officer in whose…
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