Gallagher v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of Schuyler county; the Hon. E. J. Pemberton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This writ of error is prosecuted from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Third District, affirming a conviction, of the plaintiffs in error, in the county court of Schuyler county, of the offence of selling intoxicating liquor to persons in the habit of getting intoxicated.
The proceeding was by information. A motion was made in the trial court to strike the information from the files, which the court overruled. • It is insisted there was error in this. Under the statute, all offences cognizable in the county court must be prosecuted by information of the State’s attorney, Attorney…
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