Case # 11
James Foley
People of the State of Illinois
Madison County
Justice Thomas Reynolds
Foley was Indicted by the The People for larceny in a special term of the Madison County Circuit Court. The Circuit Court found in favor of The People. Foley appealed to the Supreme Court to answer if the Circuit Court had jurisdiction in this case. The Supreme Court answered: "the court below.. had no jursidiction, no legal existance, and thus was no court".