Day v. People

Jan 15, 1875
Reporters:
Per Curiam :

This was an indictment containing twenty counts. ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‍The verdict was: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty on ten counts,” on which the ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‍court rendered consecutive judgments. This was error. The verdict should have specified the counts on which they ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‍found the defendant guilty. The People ex rel. v. Whitson, 74 Ill. -. It was impossible ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‍to know, from the verdict, on which counts the jury found defendant guilty, and on which ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‍he was acquitted. Judgment reversed and cause remanded.

Judgment reversed.