Legal Opinion

People v. Mankus

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 21, 1919Published

Error to the County Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. John B. Weaver, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1919.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Graves

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs in error were convicted and sentenced in the County Court of Sangamon county for selling intoxicating liquor in the town of Capital in said county, while the same was anti-saloon territory. The jury before whom they were tried was not selected or served in strict compliance with section 110, eh. 37, Hurd’s Rev. St., paragraph 3236, Jones and Adding-ton’s Rev. St. of Hlinois. However, deviations from the method therein provided will not cause the reversal of judgments based on verdicts returned by juries improperly…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Spies v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Siebert v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  3. People ex rel. Greenwood v. Board of SupervisorsIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Wilhelm v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  5. Mapes v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1873

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