The People v. Flynn

The People have sued out this writ of error to review a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Third District. It affirmed the judgment of the circuit court of Champaign county which quashed an indictment made up of nine counts against the mayor of Champaign, James D. Flynn.

The People say that this indictment was based on section 208 of division 1 of the Criminal Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1939, chap. 38, par. 449.) Its essential words are: “Every person holding any public office (whether State, county or municipal), trust or employment, who shall be guilty of any palpable omission of duty, * *…