Shirtliff v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
On the 22d day of April, 1839, William Gordon, Esq., a justice of the peace of the county of Morgan, issued the following capias, to wit : “ State of Illinois, Morgan county, set.
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On the 22d day of April, 1839, William Gordon, Esq., a justice of the peace of the county of Morgan, issued the following capias, to wit : “ State of Illinois, Morgan county, set. The People of the State of Illinois, to any constable of said county, greeting : “ Whereas, Christiana Riggs hath complained on oath, in writing, that Edward Shirtliff did, on the 21st day of April, 1839, commit an assault and battery on the body of the said Christiana Riggs, contrary to the law of the State of Illinois, and in violation of the ordinances of the town of Lynville, — “ These are therefore to command…
1Opinion of the CourtBrowne, Justice
Information was made upon the oath of Christiana Riggs, before W. Gordon, a justice of the peace for Morgan county, that Edward Shirtliff had committed an assault and battery upon the said Christiana Riggs. The justice of the peace, before whom the oath was made, issued his warrant for the arrest of the said Edward Shirtliff. The warrant run in the name of “ the People of the State of Illinois,” and went on to set out the offence “as against the laws of the State, and also against the ordinances of the town of Lynville.” Edward Shirtliff was brought before the justice and fined. The case…
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