The People v. McGurn

Plaintiff in error, Jack McGurn, was indicted, tried and convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of carrying concealed on or about his person a revolver and was sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for the term of one year and to pay a fine of $300. He brings the record here for review on writ of error, constitutional questions being involved.

Prior to the commencement of the trial plaintiff in error filed a duly verified petition to suppress evidence, reciting that on February 1, 1930, he was riding in a taxicab on the public streets of Chicago, and while so doing Chicago city…