People v. McCann
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Criminal Cotirt of Cook county; the Hon. A. C. Barnes, Judge, presiding. Edward McCann, plaintiff in error, inspector of police of the city of Chicago, was indicted by the grand jury of Cook county for the crime of bribery. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to an indeterminate term in the penitentiary, and has brought the case here by writ of error for review.
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Writ op Error to the Criminal Cotirt of Cook county; the Hon. A. C. Barnes, Judge, presiding. Edward McCann, plaintiff in error, inspector of police of the city of Chicago, was indicted by the grand jury of Cook county for the crime of bribery. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to an indeterminate term in the penitentiary, and has brought the case here by writ of error for review. The first count of the indictment charges McCann was an executive officer, to-wit, an inspector of police of the city of Chicago, an incorporated city, legally appointed, confirmed, qualified and sworn to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
Many grounds are urged for a reversal of the judgment. Not all of them could be treated separately within the reasonable limits of an opinion. We have given the entire record and the briefs and arguments of the respective counsel the careful investigation that the importance of the case to plaintiff in error and to the public requires, and our conclusions are based upon a consideration of all the questions raised by the assignment of errors which are discussed in the briefs, though we shall treat in detail only those that appear to us most important.
It is contended the criminal court erred in…
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