People v. Farrow

Defendant was charged in three separate complaints each of which contained one count for gambling and a second count for “knowingly permit[ting] premises under his control, located at 519 Fulton St., Peoria, Illinois, to be used as a gambling place.” The only differences in the three separate complaints were the dates upon which the offenses were alleged to have been committed, i.e., on June 24, 1974, July 3, 1974, and July 6, 1974, respectively. The causes were tried together before a jury, which returned separate verdicts on each of the six counts, acquitting defendant on both counts in the…