Silgar v. People

Citations

• 107 Ill. 563
• 1883 Ill. LEXIS 297

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law—whether murder, or only manslaughter. On tlie trial of a person upon tbe charge of murder, and of which he was convicted, it appeared the person who was killed had entered upon the premises of the prisoner in a menacing manner, and during the quarrel which ensued, and which he commenced, he was killed. The circumstances attending the difficulty and the result, as detailed in the opinion of the court, were held not to justify a conviction for murder, but, at most, would make a case of manslaughter.</p>