Bonardo v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Williamson county; the Hon. A. K. Vickers, Judge, presiding. This is an indictment 'against plaintiffs in error for the murder of one John Young, Jr., on the 16th day of October, 1897. The indictment was found by the grand jury of Williamson county at the May term, 1898, of the circuit court of that county, and the trial was had at the September term, 1898, of said court.
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Williamson county; the Hon. A. K. Vickers, Judge, presiding. This is an indictment 'against plaintiffs in error for the murder of one John Young, Jr., on the 16th day of October, 1897. The indictment was found by the grand jury of Williamson county at the May term, 1898, of the circuit court of that county, and the trial was had at the September term, 1898, of said court. The jury found plaintiff in error, Tona Bonardo, guilty of murder, as charged in the indictment, and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for twenty-five years; and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—It is claimed by plaintiffs in error that the facts do not justify the verdict. The evidence was such as to warrant the jury in finding that plaintiff in error, Tona Bonardo, stabbed the deceased, and inflicted the wound, which caused his death. Before Bonardo left the house, and when the pistol shot was heard, he was sitting at a table with a butcher’s knife in his hand, cutting cheese and bread to be distributed to those, who were there eating with him. When he left the house, he had the butcher’s knife in his hand. When he returned to the house, after making the assault in question,…
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