Otmer v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Hancock county; the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding. Mr. B. F. Peterson, State’s Attorney, and Messrs. Lane & Finlay, for the People.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an indictment against Daniel Otmer, in the county of Hancock, for the murder of one Jacob Jingst.
At the October term, 1874, of the circuit court of Hancock county, a trial was had before a jury, which resulted in a verdict of guilty against Otmer, and he was sentenced to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for a term of thirty years.
The defendant brings the record here by writ of error, and, to reverse the judgment of the circuit court, relies upon two errors.
First. That the court erred in giving instructions Nos. 5 and 7J for the people.
Second. That the verdict of the jury is not…
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