People v. Stamey

Mr. Presiding Justice Riess

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error, Grant Stamey, seeks to review and reverse a judgment of conviction entered against him on the 25th day of September, A. D., 1939, in the county court of Champaign county, Illinois, after trial by a jury upon an information filed on April 13, 1939, by the State’s Attorney of said county charging said Stamey with gaming in violation of the provisions of sec. 1, para. 412, of the Criminal Code, being ch. 38 of Ill. Rev. Stat., 1939 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 37.360], prohibiting the sale of lottery “policies” or…