The People v. Stilson

Dr. James Madison Stilson was indicted by the grand jury at the May term, 1930, of the circuit court of JoDaviess county. He pleaded not guilty, was tried by a jury at the June term, 1930, found guilty of murder and sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty years. He has sued out this writ of error for a review of the judgment.

The first two counts of the indictment charged Dr. Stilson, the defendant, with assault upon the body of Anna Lou Garner and unlawfully, feloniously and willfully thrusting and inserting a certain glass tube into her private parts and womb, she being then pregnant with…