Falk v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
’Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Hardin county; the Hon. Wesley Sloak, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against William E. Falk, charging him with the murder of John C. Worthington, in August, 1866. It was returned to the Circuit Court of Hardin county, during that same month. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an indictment in the Circuit Court of Hardin county, against the plaintiff in error for murder. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and sentence of death was passed upon him, and a short day fixed for his execution.
To reverse this judgment, this writ of error is prosecuted, and various errors are assigned.
The record is voluminous, and all the evidence preserved in the bill of exceptions which was tendered and signed in proper time on exceptions taken on the trial, and in overruling a motion for a new trial.
There was but one witness called and examined as to the charge in the…
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