Wilson v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Hancock county; the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
An indictment was returned by the grand jury of,Hancock county into the circuit court of that county, at its October term, 1876, against Zachariah Wilson, alias Zack Wilson, Nicholas Wilson, alias Nick Wilson, and James Wilson, for the murder of Thomas McDonald.
James Wilson was put upon his trial alone, upon that indictment, at the March term, 1877, of the Hancock circuit court. The jury returned a verdict of guilty,- as charged in the indictment, against him, and fixed his punishment at fourteen years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The court, after overruling motions for a new trial and…
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