People v. Meacham
Illinois Supreme Court
Wbit of Error to the Circuit Court of Stephenson county; the Hon. Benjamtn B. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. This was a scire facias upon a recognizance entered into by one Thomas H. Needham, as principal, and Urban £). Meacham as surety, before Abraham T. Green, a justice of the peace, for the appearance of Needham before the circuit court to answer a charge for an assault with intent to commit a bodily injury, without stating upon whom or with what instrument.
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Wbit of Error to the Circuit Court of Stephenson county; the Hon. Benjamtn B. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. This was a scire facias upon a recognizance entered into by one Thomas H. Needham, as principal, and Urban £). Meacham as surety, before Abraham T. Green, a justice of the peace, for the appearance of Needham before the circuit court to answer a charge for an assault with intent to commit a bodily injury, without stating upon whom or with what instrument. The certificate of the justice was as follows: “ Taken, entered into and acknowledged before me this 26th day of August, 1865. “ A. T.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was a proceeding by scire facias, in the circuit court of Stephenson county, on a forfeited recognizance entered into by Urban D. Meacham, as surety, for the appearance of Thomas H. Needham, to answer a charge of an assault with intent to commit a bodily injury.
Meacham was duly served, and appeared and pleaded several pleas, on which issues were made up and tried by the court, by consent, without a jury. The court found the issues for the defendant and rendered judgment that the defendant be discharged from his recognizance herein.
Proper exceptions were taken on behalf of the people, and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- O'Brien v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Lawrence v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
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