Purdy v. People

William E. Purdy, the plaintiff in error, was indicted and tried in the Criminal Court of Cook county for the murder of Samuel Beininger, and was convicted and sentenced to be executed. The criminating evidence was all circumstantial-The rule in such case is, that before a conviction can properly be had, the guilt of the accused must be so thoroughly established as to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis. Here,, the evidence for the prosecution was hot of an entirely satisfactory character, but probably sufficient, if little or no weight-be given to that for the defense, to sustain a…