Starkey v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
This indictment was tried before Baugh, Judge, and a Jury, at December term, 1854, of the Gallatin Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.
Starkey was indicted in the Gallatin Circuit Court for the murder of Pohlman.
He was found guilty of murder and sentenced by the court. A motion for a new trial w;as overruled. A writ of error was sued out and a supersedeas awarded.
The several assignments of error will be noticed in their order. The first assignment questions the decision of the court in admitting the statements of the deceased made to Lawrence Izerman, as to the infliction of the wound causing his death, as dying declarations.
The testimony upon which the court admitted these declarations was substantially as follows:
Lawrence…
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