Legal Opinion

People v. Pfeiffer

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1909PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. W. Clifford, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers

John Pfeiffer, plaintiff in error, was indicted, tried and convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of forgery. He has sued out a writ of error from this court to obtain a review of the record.

The only error insisted upon in this court is, that, conceding all of the facts testified to by the witnesses for the People, they do not make a case of forgery.

The undisputed facts established by the evidence are as follows: On the 16th of November, 1901, the premises known as 882 West Monroe street, in the city of Chicago, were owned in fee simple by Ernest G. Troy, Harry L. Troy, and their…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Putnam v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
  2. Goodman v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  3. State v. ShurtliffSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1841

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. The People v. NickolsIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
  2. Hoffer v. CrawfordNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1954
  3. The People v. KatzIllinois Supreme Court · 1934
  4. State Ex Rel. Nesbitt v. Liberty National Bank & Trust Co. of Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966
  5. Austin v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1920

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