Legal Opinion

Markee v. People

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 20, 1902Published

Indictment for Selling1 Intoxicating Liquors Without a License. —Error to the County Court of Schuyler Comity; the Hon. H. V. Teel, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1901.

1Opinion of the Court

Mb. Presiding Justice Burroughs

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error, Noah Markee, was indicted by the grand jury of the Circuit Court of Schuyler County for selling intoxicating liquors without having a' license. The indictment was in every respect full and complete, containing seventy-two counts, each properly charging him with an offense.

When the indictment was returned into court, there was written on the back of it as folded (the last leaf being blank) the following, to wit: “ The People of the State of Illinois v. Noel Markee. Indictment, selling liquor. A true bill.”…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Winship v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
  2. Fanning v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1882

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