Ward v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
The agreed case, filed in the Supreme Court, shows, that this was originally an action of debt, brought against Ward, before a justice of the peace in Kane county, to recover the penalty of twenty-five dollars for an alleged violation of the “Act to prohibit the retailing of intoxicating drinks,” “ approved February 1st, 1851. The plea was not guilty. After hearing the evidence, the justice gave judgment for twenty-five dollars and costs.
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The agreed case, filed in the Supreme Court, shows, that this was originally an action of debt, brought against Ward, before a justice of the peace in Kane county, to recover the penalty of twenty-five dollars for an alleged violation of the “Act to prohibit the retailing of intoxicating drinks,” “ approved February 1st, 1851. The plea was not guilty. After hearing the evidence, the justice gave judgment for twenty-five dollars and costs. Ward took an appeal from this judgment to the Circuit Court. At the May term, 1852, of the Kane Circuit Court, Wilson, Judge, presiding, A. B. Coon, State’s…
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, J.
The plaintiff in error was prosecuted before a justice of the peace for violating the provisions of an act entitled “An act to prohibit the retailing of intoxicating drinks,” approved April 18th, 1851; and a judgment was rendered against him for twenty-five dollars. He appealed to the Circuit Court, where the appeal was dismissed, on the ground that no appeal is allowed in such a case. This presents the only question for our consideration. The third section of that act confers the jurisdiction upon justices of the peace, and is as follows : “ The fines herein provided for, may be…
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