Parsons v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. B. R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. On October 6, 1903, plaintiff in error was indicted by the grand jury of St. Clair county for the murder of his wife, Virginia Parsons, by shooting her with a pistol on the 21st day of July, 1903, at their home in the city of East St. Louis. To the indictment a plea of not guilty was entered.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. B. R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. On October 6, 1903, plaintiff in error was indicted by the grand jury of St. Clair county for the murder of his wife, Virginia Parsons, by shooting her with a pistol on the 21st day of July, 1903, at their home in the city of East St. Louis. To the indictment a plea of not guilty was entered. The defendant was put upon his trial, and on November 14, 1903, the jury returned a verdict, finding the plaintiff in error guilty, and fixing his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
It is admitted that the plaintiff in error killed his wife. The only question, is whether or not his statement is true that he killed her accidentally, mistaking her for a burglar, or whether he willfully murdered her. He states that, when he reached home, she told him that a burglar had tried to make an entry into the house; and that there had been previously thereto one or more attempts to enter the house.
Section 155 of chapter 38, of the Revised Statutes, being the Criminal Code, is as follows: “The killing being proved, the burden of proving circumstances of mitigation, or that justify or…
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