People v. Davis
Illinois Circuit Court
Indictment for manslaughter. Upon trial of case before a jury upon motion to exclude introduction of ordinances upon which indictment was based. Verdict directed for defendant. Heard before Judge E. it. B. Kimbrough in circuit court of Vermilion county.
1Opinion of the CourtKimbrough, J.
(orally):1
Before attempting to pass upon the question raised by this objection, it seems almost a necessity that I tender to counsel on both sides of this case my hearty thanks for the very able and exhaustive presentation of the law applicable to this case. Never, in my experience at the bar, or upon the bench, have I seen a court more favored by the labor of counsel than I have been in this matter. The vast number of cases which have been cited, not only the decisions of the courts of this state, but practically of nearly all the states of the union, as well as the decisions of the federal…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- United States v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- People ex rel. Breckon v. Board of Election CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Tozer v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1892
- City of Chicago v. RumpffIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Ex parte JacksonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1885
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