Tully v. Town of Northfield
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. "William H. Barrum, Judge, presiding. This was a suit brought by the town of Horthfield before a justice of the peace against appellant and others, to recover the penalty prescribed by the statute for obstructing an alleged highway running on the section line between sections 2 and 11, Township 42, N. of R. 12, east of the 3d P. M., in the county of Cook.
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. "William H. Barrum, Judge, presiding. This was a suit brought by the town of Horthfield before a justice of the peace against appellant and others, to recover the penalty prescribed by the statute for obstructing an alleged highway running on the section line between sections 2 and 11, Township 42, N. of R. 12, east of the 3d P. M., in the county of Cook. Appellant was found guilty in the justice’s court, and a penalty was assessed against him, from which judgment he appealed to the criminal court of Cook county, where he was again found…
1Opinion of the CourtWilson, J.
In respect to the first point made by appellant, we see no reason to doubt that the criminal court had jurisdiction of the case. By the provisions of Section 26, Article VI of the Constitution of 1870, it is provided that “ the Recorder’s Court of the city of Chicago shall be continued, and shall be called the Criminal Court of Cook county. It shall have the jurisdiction of a circuit court in all cases of a criminal or quasi criminal nature arising in the county of Cook, or that may be brought before said court pursuant to law; and all recognizances and appeals taken in said county in…
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