The People v. Patillo

Plaintiff in error, Dudley Patillo, was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county on a charge of bribery and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The indictment consisted of eight counts. All but the second were nolle prossed. He brings the cause here for review. Patillo was a parole officer in the Division of Correction of the Department of Public Safety of the State. His district comprised certain territory on the south side of the city of Chicago. He had under his jurisdiction one James Eountain, a parolee from the State penitentiary, having been theretofore convicted and…