People v. Gill

Ten indictments returned against the defendant, Joseph L. Grill, were quashed by the Criminal Court of Cook County. Appeals in seven of these cases were taken by the State. They have been consolidated in this court.

The seven indictments charged the defendant, who was the Clerk of the Municipal Court of Chicago, with palpable omission of duties imposed upon him by the statutes of Illinois. The indictments fall into two categories. In five of them he is charged with having failed to forward to the Secretary of State, within three days after conviction in the Municipal Court, the reports of the…