People v. Campbell

The defendant, Thomas Campbell, was found guilty after a bench trial of having unlawful possession of narcotic drugs and was sentenced to serve not less than five years nor more than fifteen years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. This writ of error filed by defendant to review his conviction was transferred by the Supreme Court to this court.

The defendant was arrested on September 12, 1960, at 707 East 37th Street by two inspectors of the State of Illinois Narcotics Division who had a search warrant for the premises. Upon searching the premises, the inspectors found approximately…