Juries and Jury Trials in Civil and Criminal Cases: IllinoisBobbs-Merrill Company, 1921 - 781 pages |
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Juries and Jury Trials in Civil and Criminal Cases: Illinois (Classic Reprint) John Abraham MacNeil No preview available - 2017 |
Juries and Jury Trials in Civil and Criminal Cases: Illinois (Classic Reprint) John Abraham MacNeil No preview available - 2017 |
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Popular passages
Page 12 - In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to appear and defend in person and by counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation and to have a copy thereof, to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed.
Page 180 - To compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon all matters connected with the operation of this act, in the same manner as is or may be provided by law for the taking of testimony before notaries public; and its president, or any member of said board, may administer oaths to such witnesses.
Page 190 - ... findings of the court shall be entered in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, and known as the "Juvenile Record," and the court may for convenience be called the "Juvenile Court.
Page 378 - No person shall be disqualified as a witness in any civil or criminal case or proceeding by reason of his interest in the event of the same as a party or otherwise...
Page 43 - Upon the filing of such petition the clerk of the court shall issue a writ to the sheriff of the county directing him to bring such child before the court...
Page 10 - The right of trial by jury, as heretofore enjoyed, shall remain inviolate; but the trial of civil cases before Justices of the Peace by a jury of less than twelve men, may be authorized by law.
Page 453 - It is the settled law of this court that, when the evidence given at the trial, with all the inferences which the jury could justifiably draw from it, is insufficient to support a verdict for the plaintiff, so that such a verdict, if returned, must be set aside, the court is not bound to submit the case to the jury, but may direct a verdict for the defendant.
Page 373 - To entitle a witness to the privilege of silence, the court must see from the circumstances of the case and the nature of the evidence which the witness is called upon to give, that there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness from his being compelled to answer...
Page 542 - When the jury retire to consider •of their verdict in any criminal case, a constable or other officer shall be sworn or affirmed to attend the jury to some private and convenient place, and to the best of his ability keep them together without meat or drink •(water excepted), unless by leave of the court, until they shall have agreed upon their verdict, nor suffer others to speak to them, and that when they shall have agreed on their verdict, he will return them into court...
Page 190 - ... in the same manner as the production of evidence may be compelled before said court. Every person, who, having taken an oath or made...