People v. Stephens
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Mazzini Slusser, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Plaintiff in error, Walter Stephens, was tried and convicted in the circuit court of Kane county on an indictment charging that he and William VonGundy assaulted Lester Wedemeier by shooting with a revolver, with intent to murder him. VonGundy was not tried and seems not to have been apprehended. Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were made and overruled, and the case has been brought here by writ of error.
The record shows substantially as follows as to the alleged crime: Shortly after midnight on October 29, 1918, Daniel M. Drake, a police officer of Aurora, went into the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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