People v. Hotz
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error' to the Circuit Court of Effingham county; the Hon. Albert M. Rose, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiep Justice Cooke
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiffs in error, Walter Hotz, Manford C. Butler and Anna Struck, were convicted in the circuit court of Effing-ham county for the murder of Minnie Madge. Hotz and Butler were each sentenced to be confined in the penitentiary for a term of twenty years and Anna Struck was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of fourteen years.
The first ground relied upon for reversal is, that the court erred in overruling the motion made by Hotz and Butler to be set at liberty. On May 4, 1912, Butler was arrested and committed to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Campbell v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Clark v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Starkey v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
- Maguire v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- People v. SeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
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