Amann v. People

Citations

• 76 Ill. 188

Syllabus

<p>Abatement—misnomer—striking plea from files. A defendant., indicted by the name of John Ammon, filed a plea in abatement, duly verified, setting forth that he was named and called John Amann, and that he had never Leen named and called John Ammon. The court, on its own motion, struck the plea from the files: Sold, that the court erred in its action, as the plea was good in form and substance, and the defendant was entitled to have the issue tendered tried by a jury, or otherwise disposed of according to law.</p>