Berry v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. J. Gillespie, Judge, presiding. Berry was indicted at March term, 1864, for gaming—playing at cards for money, in St. Clair county. Trial at October term following by the court with consent of parties. The prosecution proved the defendant guilty as charged, and that the offense was committed in the city of Belleville, in said county.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. J. Gillespie, Judge, presiding. Berry was indicted at March term, 1864, for gaming—playing at cards for money, in St. Clair county. Trial at October term following by the court with consent of parties. The prosecution proved the defendant guilty as charged, and that the offense was committed in the city of Belleville, in said county. The defendant then introduced the charter of the city of Springfield, Illinois, appzwed February 3, 1840, which charter the prosecuting attorney admitted to have been legally adopted in the year…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
The plaintiff in error was indicted at the March term, 1864, of the St. Clair Circuit Court for a violation of section one hundred and thirty of the criminal code, and on trial by the court at the succeding October term, was convicted, and a fine imposed of twenty-five dollars and costs, for which judgment was rendered. The offense was committed in the city of Belle-ville, in St Clair county, in January, 1864, and was proved as charged.
To make out a defense, the plaintiff in error introduced the charter of the city of Springfield, granted in 1840, and adopted by the then town of Belleville as…
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