People v. Cowdrey

Mr. Presiding Justice Hebel

delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is in this court upon a notice of appeal from a judgment entered in the criminal court of Cook county, finding the defendant guilty in manner and form as charged in each of the five counts of the indictment, and imposing a penalty of $1,000 in each of said counts.

The indictment was based upon a violation of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, Cahill’s St. ch. 95a, ¶ 78 et seq. The first count charged that the defendant and Howard E. Adams, also a defendant, were copartners, doing business under the firm name of Cowdrey & Adams; that…