Legal Opinion

Moore v. People

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 23, 1884PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Og'le county; the Hon. John Y. Eustace, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholeield

This was a prosecution for bastardy, which resulted in a judgment of conviction in the circuit court, and that judgment was affirmed on appeal to the Appellate Court for the Second District.

The real controversy is one of fact, which is conclusively settled against the defendant by the judgment of affirmance of the Appellate Court. Certain questions of law, arising upon the ruling of the circuit court, are, however, discussed in the arguments of counsel for the defendant, which it is necessary that we shall briefly notice.

In the examination in chief the prosecutrix testified simply that she…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Payne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
  2. Welch v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Day v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Romberg v. McCormickIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  5. People v. ScottIllinois Supreme Court · 1921

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