The PEOPLE v. Williams

The defendant Jimmy Williams, alias Kid Rivera, was convicted in a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County on two counts of gambling. He was sentenced to six months in the county jail and fined $1,000 on each count, the jail sentences to run concurrently and the fines to be cumulative. Defendant appeals directly to this court alleging, among other things, a violation of his constitutional rights by reason of an illegal search and'seizure.

At about 5 A.M. on April 19, 1964, Illinois State police officers, armed with a warrant authorizing the seizure of numerous pairs of dice and a large…