The People v. Gahagan

The Appellate Court for the First District, affirmed a judgment of the municipal court of Chicago, where a jury found defendant Gahagan guilty of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was given a jail sentence of twenty days and fined $200. In this review we are not called upon to consider the evidence as only errors of law are assigned.

The original information was filed June 2, 1936. The case was called for trial on June 23, and defendant on that day was arraigned on the original information, entered a plea of not guilty and demanded a jury. Immediately thereafter the People were…