Usselton v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Jackson county; the Hon. J. P. Roberts, Judge, presiding. The indictment in this case charges that on the 7th day of August, 1892, William Terrell, at and within the county of Jackson and State of Illinois, unlawfully, willfully, feloniously and with malice aforethought, shot and killed one William J. Sanders, setting out the particular mode and means of killing, and the death of Sanders from the wound inflicted, in the usual form, and…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Jackson county; the Hon. J. P. Roberts, Judge, presiding. The indictment in this case charges that on the 7th day of August, 1892, William Terrell, at and within the county of Jackson and State of Illinois, unlawfully, willfully, feloniously and with malice aforethought, shot and killed one William J. Sanders, setting out the particular mode and means of killing, and the death of Sanders from the wound inflicted, in the usual form, and concludes: “And so the grand jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do say that the said William Terrell, him, the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
Numerous errors are assigned upon this record, questioning the correctness of the rulings of the trial court in overruling the motion to quash the indictment, in the admission of testimony, in giving, refusing and modifying instructions, and in overruling the motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, and it is insisted with great earnestness, under the last assignment of error, that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. In the view we take it will be unnecessary to discuss or determine all the questions thus raised.
It will be observed from the foregoing statement that…
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