The PEOPLE v. Perry

After a trial by jury in the circuit court of Tazewell County, the defendant, Edgar Perry, was found guilty of knowingly permitting a building owned by him to be used as a gambling place, and was fined the sum of $500. He has come directly to this court for review contending that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, that the jury was improperly instructed, and that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress certain evidence alleged to have been confiscated in violation of the State and Federal constitutional prohibitions against unreasonable searches and seizures. And while…