People v. Begley

Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, a sergeant of police of the City of Chicago, was found guilty upon an indictment charging him with unlawfully demanding and receiving from one Gene Hasewer the sum of $1,000 by means of threats to arrest him; he was sentenced to pay a fine of $2,500 and to be expelled from the police department of the City of Chicago; he has paid the fine but by this writ of error questions the judgment of the trial court on the ground that the indictment is insufficient in law. No evidence is in the record before us.

A defendant, even…