Legal Opinion
The PEOPLE v. Hill
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided May 22, 1959No. 35110PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schaefer
William Hill was indicted by the grand jury of Boone County for the offense of escaping from the county jail while awaiting trial for attempted burglary. He waived a trial by jury, was tried by the court, found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than eighteen months nor more than five years.
On this writ of error he first contends that the indictment is defective. The indictment charged that on April 6, 1958, he unlawfully escaped, “the said William Hill then and there being a prisoner in said jail lawfully committed and detained therein and…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Crain v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Garland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Lloyd Mullican and Kenneth Eugene Shores v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- People Ex Rel. Swanson v. FisherIllinois Supreme Court · 1930
- The People v. WoodruffIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by36 opinions
- The PEOPLE v. McGuireIllinois Supreme Court · 1966
- The People v. NastasioIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
- People v. PetropoulosAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
- The People v. BarbeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1966
- The PEOPLE v. LawsIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
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