The People v. Player

Plaintiff in error, John Player, and his co-defendant, Robert Player, operated a dairy in Du Page county and sold daily products at retail. They were indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Sangamon county for failure to make the monthly returns to the Department of Finance as required by section 3 of the Occupational Tax act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1939, chap. 120, par. 442.) The indictment, which consisted of three counts, charged an offense for each of the months of April, May, and June, 1939. Plaintiff in error was sentenced to pay a fine of $1000 and committed to jail for ninety days.…