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PEOPLE v. SKELLY

No. 31655.

409 Ill. 613 (1951)

100 N.E.2d 915

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. THOMAS SKELLY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 21, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROY P. HULL, of Peoria, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and LYLE R. WHEELER, State's Attorney, of Havana, (HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Thomas Skelly, was indicted and tried jointly with Merle Prohaska and Melvin Hodson for the crime of murder in the killing of one John Barclay at Havana, Mason County, Illinois, on April 6, 1947. The jury found all three defendants guilty and fixed their punishment at life imprisonment. Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled and the defendants...

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