The People v. Cioppi

Plaintiffs in error were found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Winnebago county on an indictment of two counts charging them with the illegal possession of intoxicating liquor, and also with the illegal possession of such liquor for the purpose of selling the same, without permit from the Attorney General of the State. They are wife and husband and lived at an apartment building at 144 Fourteenth avenue, in the city of Rockford, Illinois, and occupy the first floor of the apartment and one-half of the basement thereunder, while the family on the second floor occupies that floor and…