The People v. Jones

The defendant was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Whiteside county under the first and third counts of an indictment charging violation of the Prohibition act. The first count charged unlawful possession and -the third count charged unlawful selling. Defendant was sentenced to the county jail of Whiteside county for a term of six months under the first count and to pay a fine of $800 under the third count. From that judgment a writ of error was prosecuted to the Appellate Court for the Second District, which entered a judgment of affirmance, and the case is now here on writ of…