McCann v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Gporgp A. Dupuy, Judge, presiding. The grand jury of Cook county, at the January term, 1906, returned into the criminal court of said county an indictment charging Philip McEwen, George McEwen and George McCann with the murder of one William Bielski on January 24, 1906. George McEwen was not apprehended, Philip McEwen was acquitted and George McCann was convicted, and after overruling motions for a new trial and in…
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Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Gporgp A. Dupuy, Judge, presiding. The grand jury of Cook county, at the January term, 1906, returned into the criminal court of said county an indictment charging Philip McEwen, George McEwen and George McCann with the murder of one William Bielski on January 24, 1906. George McEwen was not apprehended, Philip McEwen was acquitted and George McCann was convicted, and after overruling motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment the court sentenced said George McCann, upon the verdict, to the penitentiary for his natural life,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
It is first contended that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the judgment. The evidence clearly shows that George McCann was present in the saloon of William Bielski on the afternoon and evening of January 24, 1906, and that he fired the shot which caused the death of William Bielski, and the only question that is open to discussion upon this record as to the guilt of George McCann is, did he take the life of William Bielski with intent to commit murder or did he take his life in self-defense? Mary Bielski testified that he went behind the bar or reached over the bar and took the…
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