Illinois vs. August Spies et al. trial transcript no. 1 Summary cover page of entire trial transcript used in filing the transcript with the Illinois Supreme Court for the court's use in consideration of a Writ of Error in the original case of Illinois vs. August Spies. What follows is the transcript considered by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Cover page: Illinois vs. August Spies et al. trial transcript no. 1, 1886 Nov. 26.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS,
SUPREME COURT,
NORTHERN GRAND DIVISION.
It a Supreme Court Begun and held at Ottawa, an Tuesday the Seventh day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty- six within and for the Northern grand Division of the State of Illinois.
PRESENT-- John M. Scott, Chief Justice.
Benj. R. Sheldon, Justice. John Scholfield, Justice.
Alfred M. Craig, Justice John H. Mulkey, Justice.
Simeon P. Shope, Justice. Benj. D. Magruder, Justice.
George Hunt, Attorney General.
William R. Milligan, Sheriff.
Alfred H. Taylor, Clerk.
Be it Remembered that afterwards, to-wit: on the 26th day of November, A. D. 1886, there was filed in the Clerk's office of said Court, a certain transcript of the record and proceedings of the Criminal Court of Cook County, (the same being contained in Seventeen volumes marked respectively "1", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M", "N", "Exhibits", and "O",) in a certain cause entitled in this Court:
vs.
The People of the State of Illinois.
No. 1588 1 P. D. Error to the Criminal Court of Cook County.
Which said transcript, together with the record and proceedings of said Supreme Court, are in the words and figures following, viz