Jumpertz v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an indictment for the murder of Sophie W erner. The bill was found in the Cook Circuit Court, at the June special term thereof, A. D. 1858. The prisoner, Jumpertz, was arraigned, and plead not guilty, and the cause was continued. In September following, the indictment was certified by the clerk of the Circuit Court, to the Cook County Court of Common Pleas.
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This was an indictment for the murder of Sophie W erner. The bill was found in the Cook Circuit Court, at the June special term thereof, A. D. 1858. The prisoner, Jumpertz, was arraigned, and plead not guilty, and the cause was continued. In September following, the indictment was certified by the clerk of the Circuit Court, to the Cook County Court of Common Pleas. In November of the same year, said indictment, with a transcript of the record of the proceedings in the Common Pleas, was refiled in the Circuit Court, which record is substantially as follows: At a regular term of said Cook…
1DissentBreese, J.
I dissent in toto from the opinion pronounced by the majority of the court in this case, and will give my reasons therefor, briefly as I may.
The case is one of great public importance, as affecting the security of life, and demands the closest scrutiny. A homicide, unexampled in the annals of any country, has been committed in our largest city, under circumstances of the greatest atrocity, and, under the ruling of the court, the guilty party may go “ unwhipt of justice.”
But be the guilt of the prisoner of the deepest dye, he is entitled to a fair and impartial trial, and to have the rules of…
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