City of Waukegan v. Penny

A magistrate of the circuit court of Lake County found Michael Penny guilty of disorderly conduct under a Waukegan ordinance and fined him $20 and costs. A constitutional question gives us jurisdiction of his appeal.

The complaint on which defendant was tried charged him with disorderly conduct “in that on or about the 22nd day of August, 1968, in and within the City of Waukegan, County of Lake, and State of Illinois, Michael Penny * * * did threaten to take the life of the Complainant Louis Loffreddo [ifc] tending to be a breach of the peace in violation of aforesaid ordinance.” At the trial…