People v. Seeney
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the County Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. John Bedinger, Judge, presiding. Heard in this6 court at the October term, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Niehatts
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Grover 0. Hoff, State’s Attorney of DeWitt county, at the March term, 1920, of the county court, filed an information in the name of the People, under section 1, ch. 107, Rev. St. (Cahill’s Ill. St. ch. 107, ¶ 1), against Ruth Seeney, Julia Lawrence and the plaintiffs in error, Eliza Armstrong, Barzilla C. Sprague, John T. Sprague, Charles P. Sprague and Mary Koontz, charging that the parties mentioned had failed, neglected and refused to support Margaret Swan, a widow and a pauper, wholly without means and unable to earn a livelihood for herself, in consequence of bodily and physical…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People ex rel. Thompson v. EmmersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
- People ex rel. State's Attorney v. PetersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912