Hiler v. People

At the April term, 1894, of the circuit court of McLean county the grand jury returned into court an indictment against John T. Hiler for bigamy. The indictment was endorsed a true bill, the endorsement being signed by the foreman. The names of five witnesses were endorsed on the back of the indictment. On motion, the first, second and third counts were quashed, and on May 25 a trial was had on the remaining counts, and a verdict of guilty under the fifth and sixth counts wus found by the jury, and the punishment of the defendant fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of one…