The People v. Forsyth

Informations were filed in the municipal court of Chicago against James Forsyth and Simon Gorman, charging each with carrying concealed upon his person a pistol, revolver or other fire-arm in violation of section 4 of the act entitled “An act to revise the law in relation to deadly weapons,” (Laws of 1925, pp. 339, 340; Cahill’s Stat. 1927, p. 882; Smith’s Stat. 1927, p. 943). Upon a joint trial without a jury, each defendant was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in the house of correction for one year and fined $200 and costs. A writ of error was sued out of this court because, it…