Legal Opinion

Common v. People

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided May 13, 1891PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Iroquois county; the Hon. Alfbed Sample, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey

This was a prosecution of James Common for bastardy on the complaint of Carrie Winkle, resulting in his conviction and. sentence to pay for the support and education of the bastard child, the maximum sums provided by the statute, amounting in all to $550. On appeal to the Appellate Court said conviction was affirmed, and the defendant has taken and perfected an appeal to, this court from said judgment of affirmance. The amount involved in the case is less than $1000, exclusive of costs, and as the record contains no certificate of the judges of the Appellate Court that the case involves…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Scharf v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Noble v. DoughtenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
  2. First Nat. Bank v. SeldenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1903
  3. Smith v. FieldIdaho Supreme Court · 1911
  4. In re International Mineral Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1915

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