People v. Capello
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Franklin county; the Hon. W. N. Butler, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
On July 12, 1915, in the village of Sesser, in Franklin county, Tom Capello, the plaintiff in error, killed Robert Hill by striking him with a wagon stake, and was afterward convicted of murder in the circuit court of that county and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. The record is in this court as a return to a writ of error.
In the argument for the plaintiff in error it is first contended that the verdict was not supported by the evidence, and therefore the trial court erred in refusing to set it aside and grant a new trial.
The village of Sesser was anti-saloon territory,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Rafferty v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
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