Crum v. Thornley
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county ; the Hon. Chables D. Hodges, Judge, presiding: Ealph Thornley, who was eighty years old at the time of his death, was possessed of property amounting in value to •about $26,000. Of this amount, some $8,000 was in H. S. bonds and notes. The rest of his wealth consisted mostly of land. He has been living with his two sons, Samuel, who was unmarried, and Hugo, who was married and had four children.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county ; the Hon. Chables D. Hodges, Judge, presiding: Ealph Thornley, who was eighty years old at the time of his death, was possessed of property amounting in value to •about $26,000. Of this amount, some $8,000 was in H. S. bonds and notes. The rest of his wealth consisted mostly of land. He has been living with his two sons, Samuel, who was unmarried, and Hugo, who was married and had four children. The father had frequently expressed an intention as to the disposition of his property, and it seems that he proposed to give his bonds and notes to his…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
The tragical circumstances in which this case has its origin, are fully detailed in the record, and are such as to shock the sensibilities of most persons, and induce a hasty inference that the doer of such deeds could not be otherwise than deranged. It has, however, never yet been judicially determined that a felonious homicide, or an attempt to commit it, isy>6¡r se evidence of insanity, or an attempt at self-destruction either. History, and our own experience, teach ns that the former is not unusual, and the latter of frequent occurrence, but they do not teach us that the one or the other…
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