Burns v. People

At the July term, 1891, of the County Court of Rock Island County, the plaintiff in error was tried and convicted for keeping a common gaming house in the city of Moline.

The proceeding Avas by information. This writ of error is prosecuted from the judgment entered upon the verdict, and a reversal is sought, because the information is not supported by a sufficient affidavit; because the information Avas filed in the Probate Court, Avhich court has no jurisdiction of misdemeanors; because the verdict is not supported by the evidence; because the court gaAre improper instructions on behalf of…