People v. Willi

This was a prosecution by information, filed by the state’s attorney of Perry county, in the County Court of that county charging plaintiffs in error with selling-intoxicating liquor within the limits of the precinct of DuQuoin while the same was anti-saloon territory. Trial by jury. Verdict finding plaintiffs in error guilty. The court rendered judgment on the verdict and imposed a fine of $20 and costs upon each of them.

At the close of the People’s evidence in chief and again at the close of all the evidence, plaintiffs in error moved the court to instruct the jury to find the defendants…