Harris v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. James E. Hughes, Judge, presiding. In cases of felony, at arraignment and all subsequent proceedings in the case, the accused must appear in person. 1 Archbold’s Crim.
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Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. James E. Hughes, Judge, presiding. In cases of felony, at arraignment and all subsequent proceedings in the case, the accused must appear in person. 1 Archbold’s Crim. Pr. and Pl. 351; Sperry’s case, 9 Leigh, 623; Sailer v. State, 1 Harr. 357; Dunn v. Commonioealth, 6 Barr, 384. A court can not award corporal punishment against a defendant, such as imprisonment in the penitentiary, unless he be personally present in court when such sentence is passed. Bishop’s Crim. Proc. sec. 275; Brooks v. People, 88 Ill. 327; People v. Winchell,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
At the September term, 1887, of the Circuit Court of Macon county, the plaintiff in error was indicted by the grand jury for the crime of forgery. At the January term, 1888, of said court, he was duly arraigned and pleaded not guilty. On the 8th, 9th and 10th days of October, 1888, those being days of the September term, 1888, of said court, he was tried by a jury, who found him guilty, and fixed the term of his imprisonment in the penitentiary at six years. It affirmatively appears from the transcript of the record, that in the foregoing proceedings, up to and including the verdict, the…
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