Brewster v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. Plaintiffs in error were tried in the criminal court of Cook county at the July term, 1899, upon an indictment for false imprisonment under section 95 of the Criminal Code. Each defendant pleaded not guilty, and executed in writing a formal waiver of jury trial. The court tried the issue, and found the defendants guilty.
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Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. Plaintiffs in error were tried in the criminal court of Cook county at the July term, 1899, upon an indictment for false imprisonment under section 95 of the Criminal Code. Each defendant pleaded not guilty, and executed in writing a formal waiver of jury trial. The court tried the issue, and found the defendants guilty. The judgment of the court was, that each defendant should pay a fine of §250.00 and'costs, and that, in case of failure to pay the same, he should work out said fine and costs in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Section 95 of the Criminal Code, under which the plaintiffs in error have been indicted for false imprisonment, is as follows: “False imprisonment is an unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another, and consists in confinement or detention without sufficient legal authority. Any person convicted of false imprisonment shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $500.00, or imprisoned not exceeding one year in the county jail.” (1 Starr & Curt. Ann. Stat. — 2d ed. — p. 1278). By section 5 of division 2 of the Criminal Code, a felony is defined to be “an offense punishable with death or by…
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