Gunning v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. A. H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Richard C. Gunning, the plaintiff in error, was indicted and convicted of corruptly proposing to receive a bribe to influence his official action as assessor of the town of South Chicago by reducing the assessment which had been made for purposes of taxation on a certain lot in Chicago, and was adjudged to pay a fine of $3500, under sections 31 and 32 of the Criminal Code. The Appellate Court having affirmed the judgment* Gunning sued out this writ of error to bring the record before this court for review.
The indictment consisted of thirty counts, all charging the same offense, varying in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- People v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
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