Skakel v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on writ of error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
At the July term, 1897, of the criminal court of Cook county, plaintiff in error was indicted for operating a tape machine in violation of section 1 of an act in force June 21,1895. (1 Starr & Cur. Stat. Crim. Code, par. 266.) At the same term he was admitted to bail. At each of the July, August, September and October terms, 1898, he appeared in court on the first day of the term and demanded a trial, which was not granted. At the November term, 1898, he filed a plea in abatement and prayed for his discharge on account of delay in bringing him to trial, to which plea the court sustained a…
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