People v. Wilson

Mr. Justice John J. Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court.

By this writ of error defendant, John Taylor Wilson, seeks to reverse a judgment of the county court, which found him guilty of violating the Illinois Securities Act and fined him $1,000. The cause was heard by the court without a jury. He was tried upon the second count of the amended information, which charged:

“ ... that John Taylor Wilson, being then and there an officer and agent of the Chicago Gulf Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the issuer of the securities hereinafter described, did, on, to-wit, the 16th day of…