People v. Mosley

Mr. Presiding Justice Barry

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error was tried and convicted under an information which charged that on March 31, 1923, at and within the county of Saline in the State of Illinois, he ‘ ‘ unlawfully did then and there possess intoxicating liquors in violation of the Illinois Prohibition Act, contrary to the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the same People of the State of Illinois.”

It is earnestly insisted that as the information does not aver that possession of the liquor was not intended for use in…