Gates v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was tried at the May term, 1853, of the La Salle Circuit. Court, Leland, Judge, when the plaintiff in error was convicted of the murder of Daniel Liley, and sentenced to' be executed, from which judgment the plaintiff in error prosecuted his writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
George Gates was convicted of the murder of Daniel Liley, and sentenced to be executed. Several exceptions were taken in the course of the trial, which will be considered in their order.
First. A juror stated on oath, that he had no conscientious scruples against finding a man guilty of an offence punishable with death, where the proof was positive, but no degree of circumstantial evidence would induce him to render such a verdict; that before he would find a verdict of guilty, he should require the positive testimony of a witness who saw the crime committed. Another juror stated on oath, that…
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