People v. Hunt

The defendant, charged with carrying- a revolver concealed about or on his person, was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to serve one year in the house of correction and to pay a fine of $300. He seeks a reversal.

On the evening of May 18, 1933, two police officers, while riding in a police squad car on Wabash avenue in Chicago, saw and recognized the defendant standing on the sidewalk; they turned their car to the curb, jumped out and called, “Police officers!”; defendant ran across the sidewalk into a cafe, holding one of his hands inside his coat; the officers followed a step or two…