People v. Hughes

McCray Hughes, a 15-year-old boy, was found to be a delinquent by the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County on April 26, 1968. The amended petition alleging delinquency charged that he “committed the offense of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in that he knowingly carried on his person a firearm described as a zip gun of a size that may be concealed on his person in violation of chapter 38, § 24-3.1 (a) (1), Illinois Revised Statutes.” At the delinquency hearing the State introduced into evidence a so-called zip gun consisting of a piece of metal with a piece of tape and a…