The PEOPLE v. Heard

On July 11, 1968, a criminal complaint was filed in the circuit court of Cook County charging Barbara Heard and Gertrude Moore with the offense of gambling in violation of section 28 — 1 (a) (8) of the Illinois Criminal Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 28 — 1(a)(8).) The defendants’ motion to quash the search warrant and suppress the evidence seized under it was denied, and, after waiving a jury trial, on March 11, 1969, they were tried by the court and found guilty. Each defendant was later sentenced to serve 90 days in the House of Correction. They have appealed directly to this…