Willis v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was tried at the September term, 1837, of the Gallatin Circuit Court, before the Hon. Walter B. Scates. The defendant in the Court below was convicted of stealing a pair of shoes, of the value of $1,75, and sentenced to pay a fine of $10, and to be confined in the county jail for one month.
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This cause was tried at the September term, 1837, of the Gallatin Circuit Court, before the Hon. Walter B. Scates. The defendant in the Court below was convicted of stealing a pair of shoes, of the value of $1,75, and sentenced to pay a fine of $10, and to be confined in the county jail for one month. On the trial the following bill of exceptions was taken: “ Be it remembered that on the calling of this case for trial, the defendant made the following affidavit for continuance, (to wit,) ‘ This defendant makes oath that Absalom Ashley is a material witness for him in this case, by whom he…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, Justice
At the July term, 1837, of the Gallatin Circuit Court, Willis was indicted for larceny, and at the September term following, tried and convicted. To revise the judgment rendered on the conviction in this case, the present writ of error is prosecuted, and two grounds are assigned and relied on, as causes of reversal.
I. That the Circuit Court should have arrested the judgment, because the owners of the goods charged to have been stolen, are not sufficiently described.
2. That the Court misdirected the jury as to the effect of the affidavit admitted by the prosecution, to be read in evidence on…
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