The People v. McArdle

This cause is here to review the judgment of the Appellate Court for the Third District, reversing a judgment of the circuit court of Sangamon county which quashed an indictment against appellant and ordered him discharged. The cause was presented by a petition for leave to appeal which was treated as a writ of error and the cause taken.

The indictment consisting of two counts charged that the appellant (defendant) as accessory before the fact, with the Independent Petroleum Association Distributing Co., a corporation, violated the Motor Fuel Tax act in that he refused to make return of the…