Level v. Chadbourne
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action under section 132 of the Criminal Code. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Joseph E. Cart, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The declaration in this case consisted of a special count, under the provisions of section 132 of the criminal code, to recover money deposited as margins in a -gambling contract, and the common counts in assumpsit.
Judgment was recovered for $850 on a verdict for that amount, and this appeal has followed.
The evidence disclosed that appellant conducted a bucket-shop business in his own name, which was changed, about June, 1898, to the name of a corporation known as the North American Grain and Stock Exchange, and in December, 1898, again changed to the Northern Grain and Stock Exchange, not…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pearce v. FooteIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Jamieson v. WallaceIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Kruse v. KennettIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Arnold v. HartAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898
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