Vincendeau v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jpssp Holdom, Judge, presiding.
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Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jpssp Holdom, Judge, presiding. This is an indictment found by the grand jury of Cook county at the November term, 1903, of the criminal court of Cook county against the plaintiff in error, based upon sections 1 and 2 of chapter 140, (Hurd’s Rev. Stat. of 1903,) being “An act to protect associations, unions of workingmen and persons in their labels, trade-marks and forms of advertising,” approved May 8, 1891, in force July 1, 1891. (Laws of 1891, p.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The sufficiency of the indictment is questioned.
Section 1 of chapter 140 (Hurd’s Rev. Stat. of 1903,) provides, in substance, that it shall be unlawful to counterfeit or imitate any trade-mark, label or other device of like character, adopted or used by any person or any association or union of workingmen. Section 2 of that act denounces the offense which the defendant in error avers is charged by the indictment. That section is in words and figures following:
“Whoever counterfeits or imitates any such label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement, or sells, offers for sale…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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