Legal Opinion

Arnburg v. People

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 9, 1896Published

Indictment, for assault with a deadly weapon. Error to the County Court of Rock Island County; the Hon. Lucian Adams, Judge, presid* ing.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Crabtree

Plaintiff in error was indicted for an assault with a deadly weapon, with an intent to inflict upon the person of another a bodily injury.

There were two counts in the indictment, the first alleging that no considerable provocation for the assault appeared, and the second charging that all the circumstances of the assault showed an abandoned and malignant heart, thus bringing the case within the provisions of the 25th section of the Criminal Code. 1 Starr & Curtis, 761.

The defendant below was arraigned, and, standing mute, the court ordered a plea of not guilty to be entered, and upon a trial…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. RedmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864
  2. Moore v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888
  3. Young v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1880
  4. Logg v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1881

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