The People v. Garrison

Three informations charging Joseph H. Garrison, Walter Stroh and Merle Stump with violations of the Prohibition act by making sales of intoxicating liquor containing more than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume and fit for beverage purposes, the sales having been made without the requisite permits from the Attorney General, were filed in the county court of McDonough county. The defendant in each case waived a trial by jury, pleaded guilty, and, notwithstanding the court’s admonition, persisted in his plea. The court sentenced each defendant to confinement at the Illinois State…