Common v. People

Illinois Supreme Court
Common v. People, 137 Ill. 601 (Ill. 1891)
27 N.E. 533; 1891 Ill. LEXIS 1068
Bailey

Common v. People

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Bailey

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This was a prosecution of James Common for bastardy on the complaint of Carrie Winkle, resulting in his conviction and. sentence to pay for the support and education of the bastard child, the maximum sums provided by the statute, amounting in all to $550. On appeal to the Appellate Court said conviction was affirmed, and the defendant has taken and perfected an appeal to, this court from said judgment of affirmance. The amount involved in the case is less than $1000, exclusive of costs, and as the record contains no certificate of the judges of the Appellate Court that the case involves questions of law of such importance, on account of direct or collateral interests that it should be passed upon by this court, we have no-jurisdiction of the appeal. Scharf v. The People, 134 Ill. 240. The appeal will therefore be dismissed.

Appeal dismissed.

Reference

Full Case Name
James Common v. The People of the State of Illinois
Cited By
4 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Appeal—as to amount involved—in bastardy case. No appeal lies front the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a conviction in a bastardy case, and sentence to pay $550 for the support of the bastard child, when the record contains no certificate of the judges of the Appellate Court that the case involves questions of such importance, on account of direct or collateral interests, that it should be passed upon by this court.