The People v. Martens

Upon an information filed in the county court of Rock . Island county, plaintiff in error, Amantine Martens, was tried, convicted and sentenced for a violation of the Illinois Prohibition act. He has. sued out a writ of error from this court to review the judgment.

Prior to entering upon the trial a motion was made to quash a search warrant which had theretofore been issued and to impound a half-pint bottle containing thirty or forty drops of alleged intoxicating liquor, which the officer having the search warrant claimed to have seized by virtue of the search warrant. The motion was overruled…