The People v. Hardt

An indictment containing two counts returned in the criminal court of Cook county charged plaintiffs in error with having violated section 192 of division I of the Criminal Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945, chap. 38, par. 425.) . The damage alleged to have been committed to the building described was less than $15, so that the offense charged came under that part of the statute which made it a misdemeanor. The first count was dismissed on motion of the State’s Attorney, and the court sustained plaintiffs in error’s motion to quash the second count. Defendant in error sued a writ of error out of…