The PEOPLE v. Jones

16 Ill.2d 569 (1959)

158 N.E.2d 773

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error,

v.

AMOS JONES, Plaintiff in Error.

No. 35050.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 22, 1959.

HOWARD T. SAVAGE, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, WILLIAM H. SOUTH, FRANCIS X. RILEY, and EDWIN A. STRUGALA, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Amos Jones, the defendant below, was indicted by the grand jury in Cook County for the possession of one package of narcotic drug,…