Knefel v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Prank Baker, Judge, presiding. At the March term, 1897, of the criminal court of Cook county, an indictment for larceny was returned by the grand jury of said county against plaintiff in error, said indictment being docketed as case Ho. 46,575. Plaintiff in error entered a plea of not guilty, and a trial was had thereon by a jury at the May term, 1897, of said court, the Hon. John Barton Payne, judge, presiding.
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Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Prank Baker, Judge, presiding. At the March term, 1897, of the criminal court of Cook county, an indictment for larceny was returned by the grand jury of said county against plaintiff in error, said indictment being docketed as case Ho. 46,575. Plaintiff in error entered a plea of not guilty, and a trial was had thereon by a jury at the May term, 1897, of said court, the Hon. John Barton Payne, judge, presiding. The jury found the plaintiff in error guilty and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary. On May 22,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is a writ of error sued out of this court to the criminal court of Cook county, for the purpose of reviewing the action of that court in the case of The People of the State of Illinois v. Paul F. Knefel, No. 46,575, in entering an order in said cause on the 29th day of September, 1899, amending the record in said cause nune pro tunc as of May 22,1897, so as to make the same show that the order entered in said cause on said last named day for a new trial was sustained and not overruled.
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