Kipley v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. Kavanagh, Judge, presiding. The plaintiff in error, Daniel D. C. Kipley, was indicted at the April term, 1902, of the criminal court of Cook county, on the charge of murdering one Joseph J. Hopkins. Upon a trial before the court and a jury at the June term he was found guilty of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. Kavanagh, Judge, presiding. The plaintiff in error, Daniel D. C. Kipley, was indicted at the April term, 1902, of the criminal court of Cook county, on the charge of murdering one Joseph J. Hopkins. Upon a trial before the court and a jury at the June term he was found guilty of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary. A writ of error to the criminal court of Cook county was sued out to reverse this judgment of conviction. The principal facts in the case are as follows: Plaintiff in error had…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
It is insisted by the plaintiff in error that the verdict is manifestly against the weight of the evidence; that there were but two witnesses to the homicide; that the testimony of both establishes a clear case of self-defense, and this testimony was not met by any evidence introduced by the People. In the statement of the case we have set out the principal evidence contained in the record, and in order to determine whether the verdict is supported by the evidence it will be necessary to review some of these most important facts and thus endeavor to ascertain the truth of the story.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
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