O'Shea v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. M. McEwen, Judge, presiding. Victor Roland O’Shea, the plaintiff in error, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county, on September 22, 1902, for the murder of his wife, Amy M. O’Shea, on September 10, 1902. A trial was had, which, on November 15, 1904, resulted in a disagreement of the jury. Upon a second trial the jury found him guilty of manslaughter.
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Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. M. McEwen, Judge, presiding. Victor Roland O’Shea, the plaintiff in error, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county, on September 22, 1902, for the murder of his wife, Amy M. O’Shea, on September 10, 1902. A trial was had, which, on November 15, 1904, resulted in a disagreement of the jury. Upon a second trial the jury found him guilty of manslaughter. After overruling a motion for a new trial and a motion in arrest of judgment, the court entered judgment upon the verdict and sentenced the defendant to the penitentiary…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The defense interposed was insanity. The evidence was very conflicting. Thirty-one witnesses testified that O’Shea was insane'at the time of the homicide, while sixteen witnesses, called on behalf of the prosecution, testified that he was sane at that time. A careful examination of the testimony of these witnesses leads us to the conclusion that those who testified on the part of O’Shea were better qualified by observation of and association with him to know what his mental condition was. They seem to have testified as fairly and candidly as, and were not inferior in intelligence to, those…
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