Lander v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
At the December term, 1881, of the Macon county circuit court, George Lander, plaintiff in error, was tried and convicted of the crime of rape upon the person of Mary Sturgis, and was duly sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of twenty-five years, in pursuance of the verdict of the jury,' and the accused brings the case here for review,- and asks a reversal on several grounds, but chiefly because the evidence does not, as is alleged, sustain the conviction.
It is first objected the court erred in the giving, refusing and modification of instructions. It is seldom instructions prepared in…
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