Devine v. People

Thomas Coyne, alias Patsy Devine, and Henry Williams, were indicted in the McLean circuit court, at its April term, A. D. 1880, for the murder of Aaron Goodfellow. Devine alone was taken, and plead to the indictment at the same term of court. Upon his application, at the following September term the venue was changed to DeWitt county, where, at the December term, 1880, of the DeWitt circuit court, he was tried before the court and a jury, and found guilty in manner and form as charged in the indictment, and duly sentenced to be hung on the 14th of January, 1881. To reverse this conviction the…