Clark v. People

Citations

• 111 Ill. 404
• 1884 Ill. LEXIS 1211

Syllabus

<p>New triad — verdict against the evidence — m criminal case. Three persons were tried together, for larceny, and all convicted, two being evidently guilty, but the guilt of the third was quite doubtful. The principal witness against the third was one of her co-defendants, whose testimony was not very reasonable and probable in itself, and was contradicted by other defendants. This court not being satisfied, beyond a reasonable doubt, of the guilt of the third party, and believing it better to give her a trial separately, reversed the judgment against her, and remanded the cause to the court below for a new trial.</p>