Snap v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
ERROR TO FRANKLIN. This cause was tried at September term, 1857, of the Franklin Circuit Court. The defendants below, plaintiffs here, were convicted and fined fifty dollars each. A motion to quash, and also for a new trial, were made, and overruled. The cause was tried by Parrish, Judge. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, C. J.
The plaintiffs in error were indicted for “ unlawfully, willfully and wantonly shooting and wounding a certain, mare,” etc. The proof showed that Snap, by the direction of Francis, shot the mare with fine shot, inflicting a wound upon her flank, from which she recovered. The mare, at the time, was trespassing in a field of oats belonging to one of the plaintiffs in error, which was protected by an insufficient fence.
The statute under which this indictment was found, provides, that if any person “ shall unlawfully, wantonly, willfully or maliciously kill, wound, disfigure or…
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