Simons v. People

The plaintiff in error, Jacob Simons, was indicted at the February term, 1893, of the circuit court of McLean county, for the murder of Susie Hoover, by administering strychnine poison to her. To the indictment the defendant pleaded not guilty, and on a trial before a jury he was found guilty as charged in the indictment, and his punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. The court overruled a motion for a new trial and rendered judgment on the verdict, to reverse which this writ of error was sued out.

Upon an examination of the record it appears that Susie Hoover died…