The People v. Strong

The circuit court of Sangamon county sustained a motion to quash an indictment and discharged the defendants. A writ of error is prosecuted by the People.

The indictment contains three counts. The second one differs somewhat from the. other two, but it is unnecessary at this time to note the difference. The charge is that the defendants were the officers, directors, stockholders and owners of the Greenwood Oil Company, a corporation; that they directed and controlled all the business operations of the company and were engaged in the business of transporting, buying, selling and distributing…