The PEOPLE v. Jones

In March, 1957, the grand jury returned two indictments in the criminal court of Cook County charging the defendants Willard Jones and Helen Jones with illegal possession of narcotics in violation of sections 2 and 23 of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 38, par. 192.2 and 192.23; .Defendants’ motion to quash the indictments was sustained and the Appellate Court affirmed this order. (People v. Jones, 20 Ill. App.2d 63.) A writ of error has been issued from this Court to review the judgment of the Appellate Court.

Prior to the return of the indictments in the criminal…