The PEOPLE v. Meaderds

An indictment returned to the criminal court of Cook County jointly charged Orville Meaderds and Geraldine Peavy with unlawful possession of narcotic drugs, “the exact quantity of which [was] unknown to the Grand Jurors.” Peavy pleaded guilty to the charge but Meaderds, referred to herein as defendant, entered a plea of not guilty, waived a jury and was tried by the court. He prosecutes this writ of error to review a judgment of conviction and an ensuing sentence to the penitentiary for a term of three to ten years.

On the morning of May 29, 1958, Chicago police, armed with a search warrant,…