The People v. Duncan

A jury in the criminal court of Cook county found Charles D. Duncan, defendant, guilty as an accessory in the violation of the Motor Fuel Tax act. After certain counts were nolle prossed, the indictment contained eighteen counts. Fourteen of these were predicated upon sales of gasoline by his principal over a period of fourteen months, - the collection of taxes thereon, and the failing and refusing to account therefor to the Department of Finance, the sales of each month constituting a separate offense. The remaining four counts charged the principal with doing business as a distributor, (as…