Legal Opinion

Curran v. People

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 22, 1890PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook County; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding

1Opinion of the CourtGary, P. J.

“ A dear loved lad, convenience snugs

A treacherous inclination,”

as Burns sings, or, as the Spanish has it, “a moment of delirium,” brought upon this young woman that penalty which we are taught all motherhood suffers for the transgression of the first mother.

Upon the contradictory testimony of the two persons having original and authentic soxirces of knowledge as to the matter to which they testified, the jury has found that the appellant is rightly charged with the paternity of her child. Her testimony was corroborated by his acknowledgment that on summer evenings they rambled in the bosky…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Davis v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
  2. Jones v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
  3. Corcoran v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Landwehr v. HumbrachtAppellate Court of Illinois · 1919
  2. Baird v. People ex rel. WenderlandtAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896

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