People v. Bowlby

Plaintiff in error, Graydon Bowlby, in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County was adjudged by a jury to be guilty of a violation of Section 37 of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. (Ill Rev Stats, c 38, § 22-39.) He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of not less than one year nor more than three years.

The cause was transferred to this court by the Supreme Court of Illinois, which thus indicated that no substantial constitutional question is involved.

On this writ of error he contends that the indictment is fatally defective, that the trial court erred in instructing the jury and ruling…