Hopps v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Wext of Eeeoe to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the' Hon. Geobge Maoteeee, Judge, presiding. William Hopps was indicted in the court below for the murder of his wife.
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Wext of Eeeoe to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the' Hon. Geobge Maoteeee, Judge, presiding. William Hopps was indicted in the court below for the murder of his wife. Being put upon his trial, the fact of the killing was clearly established, and was not controverted by the accused; but it was insisted in his behalf, that he was insane at the time of the commission of the act charged, and in reference to that question voluminous proofs were made both by the defense and the prosecution. The trial below resulted in the conviction of the prisoner of the crime as charged in the indictment, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beeese
The plaintiff in error was convicted in the Cook Circuit Court, on an indictment for the murder of his wife. He brings the record here, complaining of several errors alleged to have been committed to his prejudice, the most important of which, we propose to notice.
He complains,- first, that the Circuit Court would not permit him to. give evidence of his uniform good character as a man and a citizen.
It was, at onetime, a disputed question, whether such evidence could be given in a case where, as in this, the homicide is not denied. Some of the books say, such evidence, if offered, ought to be…
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