People v. Mackin

John Mackin, plaintiff in error, was convicted in the Municipal Court of Chicago of a violation of section 52, chapter 38 of the Revised Statutes upon an information filed by James Hart duly verified by his affidavit, charging the plaintiff in error with visiting a place, describing it, kept and used for the purpose of fighting and baiting cocks and that he was found therein contrary to the form of the statute, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and to imprisonment until the fine should be paid or worked out by him. He prosecutes this writ of error to reverse the judgment or sentence. The…