Legal Opinion

People v. Seymour

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 4, 1915No. Gen. No. 20,043PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Frank H. Graham, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1914.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Fitch

delivered the opinion of the court.

The briefs of the respondent were evidently prepared for the Supreme Court, and were filed here without revision after the case was transferred. In consequence, we have been obliged to sift from the briefs and arguments such contentions as seem to be properly before this court. Briefly stated, these contentions are that the Municipal Court erred: (1) In denying the respondent’s motion to quash the information; (2) in compelling him to give evidence against himself; (3) in denying him a jury trial; (4) in refusing to discharge him…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. O'Brien v. People ex rel. Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1905
  2. People v. WilsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  3. People ex rel. Akin v. KipleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Dahnke v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Storey v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Wright v. BarlowNebraska Supreme Court · 1937
  2. State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. OwensSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
  3. People v. MortensonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1922
  4. The People v. McKinlayIllinois Supreme Court · 1937
  5. People v. HadesmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1921

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