Fletcher v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of DuPage county; the Hon. Charles Kellum, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
Ozias W. Fletcher, and Merritt Fletcher, his son, were indicted by the grand jury of Kane county for the murder of Otto J. Hope, in that county, on the 1st day of June, A. D. 1884. On the application of the defendants the venue was changed „to DuPage county, and the defendants were tried in the circuit court of that county, at its March term, A. D. 1885. , The jury returned a verdict finding Ozias W. Fletcher guilty of manslaughter, and fixing his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for the term of three years, and finding Merritt Fletcher guilty of murder, and fixing…
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