Crosby v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. L. W. James, Judge, presiding. Plaintiff in error, William Crosby, was indicted in the Peoria circuit court, jointly with one Lottie White, for an assault upon Belle Bennett with intent to murder. A trial resulted in the acquittal of White and finding Crosby guilty, and, a motion for a new trial being overruled, he was sentenced, on the verdict, to confinement in the penitentiary for the term of five years.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. L. W. James, Judge, presiding. Plaintiff in error, William Crosby, was indicted in the Peoria circuit court, jointly with one Lottie White, for an assault upon Belle Bennett with intent to murder. A trial resulted in the acquittal of White and finding Crosby guilty, and, a motion for a new trial being overruled, he was sentenced, on the verdict, to confinement in the penitentiary for the term of five years. It is undisputed that about twelve o’clock, or between twelve- and one o’clock, of the night of April 2,1890, the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
Plaintiff in error and another were indicted for an assault with intent to murder one Belle Bennett, in the Peoria circuit court. That a violent assault and battery, at about midnight of April 2,1890, were made upon her by plaintiff in error, or his co-defendant, Lottie White, or by both, is practically conceded, and, if it w7as not, is abundantly proved. There is but little difference in the account given of the assault by the prosecuting witness and the defendants, except as to whether they kicked and stamped her. The prosecuting witness was strongly corroborated by the nature and extent of…
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