City of Chicago v. Streeter
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of debt. Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Fbeeman K. Blake, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
The defendant Streeter complains of a judgment against him in an action of debt brought to recover a penalty for violation of section 1454 of the Revised Municipal Code of the city of Chicago. The Municipal Court found—a jury having been waived—that the defendant “owes to the city of Chicago $150 debt,” entered judgment accordingly for that sum with costs, and ordered that “said George W. Streeter be sent to the House of Correction and be therein confined to work out said fine and costs at the rate of fifty cents per day; provided such imprisonment shall not exceed six months.” The…
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