People v. Long

After a trial by jury in the county court of Hancock County, Levi Long was convicted of the offense of driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, a misdemeanor. He was fined $100 and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in the Illinois State Farm at Vandalia. He seeks a reversal by writ of error in this court, on the theory that a constitutional question is involved.

On Saturday, July 12, 1952, at about 10:30 P.M., defendant was arrested without a warrant by a deputy sheriff, and was brought before a justice of the peace where a complaint was signed by the deputy…