People v. Cantwell
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Stephen A. Foster, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The plaintiff in error was convicted in the municipal court of Chicago of assault and battery. The Appellate Court having affirmed the judgment he has brought the record here for review, and contends that the information is not sufficient, that a reference to the defendant’s right to testify entitled him to a new trial, and that the instructions were erroneous.
The objection made to the information is, that it does not allege that the assault was unlawfully made. The information is sufficient at common law and is equally good to charge a violation of the statute. 3 Chitty’s Crim. Law, 821;…
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