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A new DuPage County Courthouse replaced this structure in 1896 and housed many important events. Clarence Darrow defended George Munding in a trial in 1924 that made regional headlines. The first sentencing in Illinois of a convicted criminal to go to the electric chair occurred here in 1931. A jailhouse annex was constructed in 1959, although ...
In 1837, Congress created the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, placing it in Chicago, Illinois and giving it jurisdiction over the District of Illinois, 5 Stat. 176. [ 4 ] The Northern District itself was created by a statute passed on February 13, 1855, 10 Stat. 606 , which subdivided the District of Illinois into the ...
The community in which the courthouse is located is known as the county seat. The oldest current courthouse is the Putnam County Courthouse, built in 1839, while other courthouses have been built since 2010. Many courthouses were built following the destruction of previous buildings, either planned or unplanned; however, some former courthouses ...
DuPage County officials unveiled the nearly completed mass renovation and expansion of the county courthouse Tuesday, six days ahead of Illinois’s rollout of the Pretrial Fairness Act, and an ...
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Illinois.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
Wheaton is a city in and the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois, United States. [5] It is located in Milton and Winfield Townships , approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago . As of the 2020 census, Wheaton's population was 53,970, making it the 27th-most populous municipality in the state.
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Hinsdale Chief of Police Brian King, on Thursday, said a Chicago man, on parole, was released from pretrial custody after being charged with one ...
Collar counties is a colloquialism for DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, the five counties of Illinois that border Cook County, which is home to Chicago.The collar counties are part of the Chicago metropolitan area and comprise many of the area's suburbs.