Hereford v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. T. N. Green, Judg'e, presiding. This is an indictment for perjury against the plaintiff in error, found by the grand jury of Peoria county on May 22, 1901. Upon the trial the defendant was found guilty. Motions for new trial, and in arrest of judgment, were made and overruled, and judgment was pronounced, sentencing the plaintiff in error for an indeterminate term in the penitentiary.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. T. N. Green, Judg'e, presiding. This is an indictment for perjury against the plaintiff in error, found by the grand jury of Peoria county on May 22, 1901. Upon the trial the defendant was found guilty. Motions for new trial, and in arrest of judgment, were made and overruled, and judgment was pronounced, sentencing the plaintiff in error for an indeterminate term in the penitentiary. The present writ of error is sued out for the purpose of reviewing the judgment of conviction, so rendered against plaintiff in error. The indictment…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder
First—The first ground, upon which counsel for plaintiff in error insists that the judgment in this case should be reversed, is the alleged ground that the circuit court of Peoria county did not have jurisdiction in the divorce proceeding. The first and second counts of the indictment charge that the court had jurisdiction over the divorce suit, and the parties thereto.
Section 225 of the Criminal Code of this State provides that, “every person having taken a lawful oath * * * in any judicial proceeding "* * * who shall swear or affirm willfully, corruptly and falsely, in a matter material to…
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