Duffin v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit- Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against John B. Duffin, alias Hamlet S. Felton, for forgery. After a verdict of conviction the defendant entered his motion for a'new trial, and in support of some of the grounds of his application presented an affidavit alleging certain misconduct on the part of one of his counsel during the trial in the court below.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit- Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against John B. Duffin, alias Hamlet S. Felton, for forgery. After a verdict of conviction the defendant entered his motion for a'new trial, and in support of some of the grounds of his application presented an affidavit alleging certain misconduct on the part of one of his counsel during the trial in the court below. The affidavit sets forth, substantially, that the counsel referred to undertook to address the jury while in an intoxicated condition, and that thereupon the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholpield
delivered the 'opinion of the Court:
The indictment under which plaintiff in error was convicted contains five counts, charging, in varying language, in some, the forging, and in the others, the uttering, and publishing as well, of an instrument, of which the following is a copy:
“$Í106tW. Belleville, Ill., April 12th, 1880.
“Four months (without grace) after date we, or either of us, promise to pay to the First National Bank of Belleville, or order, the sum of four thousand one hundred and six -$>s dollars, for value received, with eight per cent interest per annum from maturity, at the office…
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