O'Grady v. People

In an information containing two counts, the defendant was charged with keeping open his saloon and selling intoxicating liquors on Sunday, contrary to the statute. He was found guilty upon both counts, and the court sentenced him to pay a fine under the first, and to be imprisoned in the county jail under the second. The evidence introduced by the prosecution consisted, in the main, of the testimony of two witnesses who were private detectives employed to procure evidence to convict defendant.

The defendant asked for an instruction, which the court refused, by which the jury were told that if…