Kroer v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Stephenson county; the Hon. William Brown, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an indictment for keeping open a tippling house on the Sabbath day and night, under section 127 of the Criminal Code of Rev. Stat. 1845. The defendant was convicted upon the first and fifth counts of the indictment, the first charging him with keeping open a tippling house in the daytime of the Sabbath day, the fifth with beeping it open in the night-time of the Sabbath day.
It is assigned for error—
1st. That the court below refused to quash the fifth count of the indictment.
The language of the aforesaid section, so far as relates to this offense, is: If any person, etc., shall beep…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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