Munn v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. William W. Farwell, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding by information, filed by the State’s Attorney, on behalf of the people, against Ira Y. Munn and George L. Scott, for a violation of the 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th sections of what is commonly called “the Warehouse Law,” approved April 25, 1871. The information, after the caption, is as follows: “Now, on this, day, comes into open court, in his own proper person,…
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Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. William W. Farwell, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding by information, filed by the State’s Attorney, on behalf of the people, against Ira Y. Munn and George L. Scott, for a violation of the 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th sections of what is commonly called “the Warehouse Law,” approved April 25, 1871. The information, after the caption, is as follows: “Now, on this, day, comes into open court, in his own proper person, Charles H. Reed, State’s Attorney in and for said county, in the name and by the authority of the people of the said…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bbeese
This was a proceeding by information in the Criminal Court of Cook county, on behalf of the people, against Ira Y. Munn and George L. Scott, for a violation of the 3d and 4th sections of an act of the General Assembly of this State, entitled “An act to regulate public warehouses, and the warehousing and inspection of grain, and to give effect to article 13 of the constitution of the State,” approved April 25,1871.
The information was filed by the State’s Attorney at the July term, 1872. A motion to quash having been overruled, the defendants pleaded not guilty, waived a trial by jury, and…
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