Legal Opinion
Summers v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 15, 1903PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Prosecution, under section 208 of the Criminal Code. Appeal from the County Court of Williamson County; the Hon. Rufus Neely, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee
This was a prosecution by information against appellant and one Junior Thompson under section 208 of the Criminal Code, which provides:
“ Every person holding any public office (whether state, county or municipal), trust or employment, who shall be guilty of any palpable omission of duty, or who shall be guilty of diverting any public money from the use or purpose for which it may have been appropriated or set apart by or under authority of law, or 'who shall be guilty of contracting directly or indirectly for the expenditure of a greater sum or amount of money than may have been, at the time…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McCormick v. BurtIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
- Churchill v. FewkesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1883
- Eyman v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1844
3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. CampbellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
- Johnson v. MacOn County BoardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982