The People v. Cornelius

By this writ of error plaintiff in error seeks the reversal of an order of the circuit court of Peoria county, entered on a verdict of a jury that she was then insane, that she be placed in the custody of the Department of Public Safety.

Plaintiff in error was indicted by the November, 1943, grand jury of the circuit court of Peoria county on the charge of murder. She was arrested and confined in the county , jail. In March, 1944, the mother, brothers and sisters filed in the circuit court an unverified petition alleging that plaintiff in error had been indicted for murder and that said cause…