Waller v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Saline county; the Hon. A. K. Vickers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
On September 15, 1902, during an altercation with Joshua Pemberton at West End, in Saline county, the plaintiff in error, Richard Waller, when from eighteen to twenty-five feet from Pemberton, fired his revolver at him and killed Gus Mitchell, who was reclining on the porch of his mill at one side and from eight to twelve feet from Pemberton. Plaintiff in error was indicted for the murder of Mitchell, and upon a trial was found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of eighteen years.
It is first contended that the judgment is not justified by the facts proved, which are…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gainey v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
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