People v. Elliott
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. W. K. WhitpiELD, Judge, presiding .
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
Michael Elliott and Otho Jennings, plaintiffs in error, and James Howe and Richard Smith, were indicted in the circuit court of Macon county for selling intoxicating liquor in the town of Decatur, alleged to be anti-saloon territory. There were seventy-one counts in the indictment, the first seventy being for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor and the seventy-first for keeping a place where intoxicating liquor was unlawfully sold. James Howe and Richard Smith were not apprehended, but Michael Elliott and Otho Jennings, the plaintiffs in error, were tried and found guilty on each of the…
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