Fletcher v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Moultrie county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against William Fletcher and Eli Fletcher, for selling intoxicating liquors without license. William Fletcher was found guilty under six counts, and the court sentenced him to sixty days’ imprisonment in the jail of Shelby county.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
It is urged that the court below erred in having eight persons summoned from the bystanders, to fill up the grand jury that presented the indictment in this case. The latter clause of the 9th section of the act of the 11th of February, 1874, then in force, declares, that if, for any reason, the panel of grand jurors shall not be full at the opening of the court, the judge shall direct the sheriff to summon from the body of the county a sufficient number of persons, having the proper qualifications, to fill the panel.
As we understand the objection, although it is not distinctly made, it is…
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