The PEOPLE v. Mitchell

Separate appeals by the defendants, Barbara Mitchell and Albert A. Wyatt, from judgments of conviction entered in the circuit court of Cook County have been consolidated. Each defendant was indicted for the offense of knowingly owning or possessing instruments and apparatus by means of which bets and wagers were made, recorded, and registered, in violation of section 28 — 1 (a) (5) of the Criminal Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 38, par. 28 — 1(a)(5).) While the convictions were based upon separate occurrences, the facts in the two cases are similar and the legal issues presented are…