 In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to appear and defend in person and by counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation and to have a copy thereof, to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have process to compel...  Blue Book of the State of Illinois - Page 91by Illinois. Office of Secretary of State - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 720 pages
...criminal law. Section 9 of article 2 of our constitution provides that in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to appear and defend in person and by counse1. It is a well settled rule of the common law that a person accused of a felony must be present... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 708 pages
...of this one the statute is unconstitutional, in that it deprives the accused of the right "to demand the nature and cause of the accusation and to have a copy thereof," which is guaranteed to him by clause 9 of the bill of rights. Whether the objection urged to this indictment... | |
 | Charles Lindsey - Canada - 1862 - 834 pages
...be heard by himself and his Counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof ; to meet the witnesses face to face ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor ; and in prosecutions by indictment... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...to be heard by himself and counsel ; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof; to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. § 12. No person shall be put in jeopardy... | |
 | New York (State) - Constitution - 1867 - 254 pages
...to be heard by himself and counsel ; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof; to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. Ind., 170 Kan., 107. — All offenses less... | |
 | Illinois, Illinois. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1870 - 64 pages
...Provided, that the Grand Jury may be abolished by law in all cases. § 9- In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have the right to appear and defend...behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offence is alleged to have been committed. § 10. No person... | |
 | Illinois. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1870 - 1074 pages
...and defend, in person and with counsel; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof; to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process to procure the attendance of witnesses in his behalf, and a upetdy public trial... | |
 | Tennessee. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1870 - 480 pages
...be heard by himself and his counsel ; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof: to meet the witnesses face to face ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and in prosecutions by indictment... | |
 | Tennessee - History - 1870 - 468 pages
...be heard by himself and his counsel ; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof: to meet the witnesses face to face ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and in prosecutions by indictment... | |
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