Jumpertz v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an indictment for the murder of Sophie W erner. The bill was found in the Cook Circuit Court, at the June special term thereof, A. D. 1858. The prisoner, Jumpertz, was arraigned, and plead not guilty, and the cause was continued. In September following, the indictment was certified by the clerk of the Circuit Court, to the Cook County Court of Common Pleas.
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This was an indictment for the murder of Sophie W erner. The bill was found in the Cook Circuit Court, at the June special term thereof, A. D. 1858. The prisoner, Jumpertz, was arraigned, and plead not guilty, and the cause was continued. In September following, the indictment was certified by the clerk of the Circuit Court, to the Cook County Court of Common Pleas. In November of the same year, said indictment, with a transcript of the record of the proceedings in the Common Pleas, was refiled in the Circuit Court, which record is substantially as follows: At a regular term of said Cook…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, C. J.
The great length of the record and of the written arguments in this cause, together with the necessity of filing the opinion of the court at the announcement of the decision, which has to be prepared during the term, while other business is pressing upon us, prevent us from even noticing all the points which have been raised and discussed, and, most of those which are noticed, must be treated very succinctly.
The receipt signed by the deceased, and the letter written by the prisoner, for the purpose of proving, by a comparison of the hand-writing of the two, with the letter produced by the…
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