Siegel v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding. Plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted of selling liquor to a minor. Upon the trial, James Cantner testified: “I will be twenty on the 10th of April next. Know defendant when I see him. Know his place of business. It is in Champaign county, Illinois. He is a saloon keeper.
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Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding. Plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted of selling liquor to a minor. Upon the trial, James Cantner testified: “I will be twenty on the 10th of April next. Know defendant when I see him. Know his place of business. It is in Champaign county, Illinois. He is a saloon keeper. His place of business was there prior to October, 1880. I was there but once prior to October 9, 1880. I did not obtain' anything there to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
No question arises here whether plaintiff in error is guilty ' of having given liquor to a minor,—the offence for which he was tried, and of which he was convicted, was selling liquor to a minor; and we have heretofore held a count for the one will not be sustained by proof of the other offence. Humpeler v. The People, 92 Ill. 400.
The circuit court, by its ruling in giving the instruction asked by the People, and in refusing that asked by plaintiff in error, in effect decided that if a minor give an adult money wherewith to buy beer for the two, and the adult accept it and therewith buy beer,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McCutcheon v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Winchester v. HowardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Humpeler v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
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