Goodall v. People

At the August term, A. D. 1887, of the White county circuit •court, in this State, and in the month of August, 1887, Charles J. Goodall was indicted, tried for and convicted of the crime ■of burglary, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for one year. The sole point now made by the defendant for the reversal of the judgment is, that the court below had no jurisdiction of the cause, the defendant having been indicted, tried and convicted in August, 1887, at which time, it is alleged, there was no term of the circuit court of White county, Illinois, authorized by law.

The General…