Looney v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Indictment for a Conspiracy.—Trial in the Circuit Court of Rock Island County; verdict and judgment of guilty; error by defendants. Reversed and
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
Matthias Schnell, John Mulhern, William Kevins, John Looney, Frank H. Kelly, Thomas Cox, Henry Lahiff, Daniel Drost, Henry G-. Paddock, Martin Frick and Spencer Mattison, were indicted in the court below for a conspiracy to defraud the city of Rock Island in the construction of the Twenty-fourth street storm drain. On a motion to quash, it was claimed that the indictment was defective in its manner of charging Mattison. The State’s attorney entered a nolle prosequi as to Paddock, Frick and Mattison. It is argued this was improper,…
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