The People v. Orlando

Plaintiff in error was convicted by jury of a violation of section 9 of article 6 of the City Elections act. (111. Rev. Stat. 1941, chap. 46, par. 259.) He was sentenced to the penitentiary for an indeterminate term of not less than one nor more than ten years, as provided in said section. By the writ of error in this case he seeks to reverse that judgment. The misconduct charged in the indictment was in connection with the judicial election held on June 5, 1939. Orlando was a precinct captain in the 52nd precinct of the nth ward in the city of Chicago. He was indicted jointly with one Vinci,…