Carle v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This is an indictment, found by the grand jury of Cook county against the plaintiff in error for the murder of one Hector McKenzie on October 10,1899, in said county. The cause was tried in January and February, 1900, in the criminal court of Cook county, and resulted in a verdict of murder with punishment of imprisonment in the penitentiary for twenty-five years.
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Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This is an indictment, found by the grand jury of Cook county against the plaintiff in error for the murder of one Hector McKenzie on October 10,1899, in said county. The cause was tried in January and February, 1900, in the criminal court of Cook county, and resulted in a verdict of murder with punishment of imprisonment in the penitentiary for twenty-five years. Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled, and judgment was rendered and sentence pronounced in accordance with…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder
First—It is first claimed, on the part of the plaintiff in error, that he killed McKenzie in self-defense, and that the proof clearly shows the case to be one of self-defense. The testimony in reference to this matter was conflicting, and was left to the jury to determine under proper instructions from the court.
On the part of the State, the testimony on the trial below tended to show the following facts:
Plaintiff in error, although he had been at one time the keeper of a saloon on the west side in Chicago, was, at the time of this occurrence, engaged in running a tailor shop at 302…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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