People v. Stokes

This is a writ of error to review the judgment of the municipal court of the city of Chicago finding plaintiff in-error guilty of violating the provisions of the act of June 14, 1917, in force July 1, 1917, regulating and licensing the business of making loans in sums of $300 or less, commonly known as the Loan Shark act. The information was filed on July 20, 1917, charging plaintiff in error with willfully and unlawfully making a loan of $100 to Clarence W. Miller and contracting for and receiving a greater rate of interest than seven per cent per annum, viz., eight and one- ' third per cent…