Brackett v. People ex rel. McGowan

Citations

• 64 Ill. 170

Syllabus

<p>Evidence—-foreign ream'd. In a proceeding by quo warranto, the respondent, whose right to continue to exercise the functions of an office was questioned, pleaded that the relator, who claimed to have been elected as his successor, was an alien, and the latter replied his naturalization, to prove which he gave in evidence a copy of the record of a criminal court in the State of Missouri; but the copy was simply certified by the clerk with the seal of the court attached. There was no certificate of the presiding judge of the court, nor was it shown the court had jurisdiction. The copy was not admissible in evidence.</p>