The People v. Finley

George Finley was indicted by a grand jury at the November term, 1925, of the circuit court of Montgomery county for the alleged violation of the Illinois Prohibition act. The indictment contained three counts, of which the first and third charged defendant with unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquor on or about September 12, 1925; and the second count charged him, on the same day, with unlawfully transporting certain intoxicating liquor “fit for use for beverage purposes” and “containing more than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume.” Defendant entered a plea of not guilty, and…