Thomas v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elliott Anthony, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment found at the March term, 1884, of the Criminal Court of Cook county, against Edward F. Thomas and William G-. Murphy, the first count of which is as follows: “The grand jurors chosen, selected and sworn in and for the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, in the name and by the authority of the People of the State of Illinois, upon their oaths present,…
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Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elliott Anthony, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment found at the March term, 1884, of the Criminal Court of Cook county, against Edward F. Thomas and William G-. Murphy, the first count of which is as follows: “The grand jurors chosen, selected and sworn in and for the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, in the name and by the authority of the People of the State of Illinois, upon their oaths present, that Edward F. Thomas and William G. Murphy, late of the county of Cook, on the first day of December, in the year of our…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scholfield
Edward E. Thomas and William G-. Murphy were convicted, in the Criminal Court of Cook county, of a conspiracy to obtain goods by false pretences from one Kate Carberry, by the verdict of a jury, and, thereby, punishment of the former was fixed at confinement in the.penitentiary for the term of three years, and that of the latter at paying a fine of $300. The court overruled a motion for a new trial, and gave judgment upon this verdict. This writ of error is prosecuted by Thomas alone.
Several grounds are urged upon which we are asked to reverse this judgment, and such of them as we deem…
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