Landis v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Fayette county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding. This was a scire facias on a recognizance. The pleadings, upon which some questions arise, appear in the opinion of the court.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Fayette county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding. This was a scire facias on a recognizance. The pleadings, upon which some questions arise, appear in the opinion of the court. A judgment was rendered in the following form: “And the said cause coming on now to be heard, and the court being sufficiently advised, it is considered that the said people of the State of Illinois have and recover judgment against the said Edward Cooper and Felix Landis for the sum of five hundred dollars for their debt, and also their costs and charges by them about…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This was a scire facias on a recognizance entered into by Felix Landis and Edward Cooper, at the May Term, 1863, of the Circuit Court of Fayette county, for the appearance of David Landis at the October Term of said court, to answer to an indictment for an assault with intent to kill. The scire facias recited that no term of the court was held in October, and that at the May Term following, the recognizance was duly forfeited. The defendants pleaded that the said David Landis did appear at the October Term, and did abide by all the orders of the court made at the said term. A demurrer was…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Burrall v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
- McMahel v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1930
- Bradley v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1887
- People v. CutlerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1913