Baldwin v. Murphy

The record in this case shows that appellant was a druggist in the town of Warren, in the county of Jo Daviess, in this State. On the 17th of December, 1874, one Jesse Wells filed a complaint, under oath, that, as he verily believed, appellant had violated an ordinance of the town by selling or giving away intoxicating liquors. The police magistrate thereupon issued a capias for the body of appellant, returnable forthwith, and delivered it to a constable of the town to execute. It was returned served by reading to the defendant, and he appeared before the police magistrate on the same day.…