People v. Hughey

Mr. Presiding Justice Hayes

delivered the opinion of the court.

Beecher Hughey, the plaintiff in error (hereinafter called defendant) was found guilty by the verdict of a jury, on an indictment charging him with wilful, intentional and corrupt acts, constituting a palpable omission of his official duty as a commissioner of the city of Decatur, Illinois, and a judgment was entered on the verdict, assessing a fine of one thousand ($1,000) dollars against the defendant and removing him from the office of commissioner.

Section 28, ch. 24, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1939 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 21.028]…