The People v. Sowrd

Rose Sowrd was convicted in the municipal court of Chicago on an information charging that, not being an apothecary, physician or dentist, she unlawfully had in her possession and under her control “a certain habit-forming drug, to-wit: Marijuana without first having a written prescription for said drug, in violation of section 158, chapter 91, Illinois Revised Statutes, 1935.” She was sentenced to the house of correction for one year and to pay a fine of $1000 and costs. Her subsequent motion to vacate the judgment and sentence was denied. After she had served about eight months of the…