The People v. Lewis

An information was filed in the county court of Rock Island county containing two counts, the first charging that on October 11, 1923, at and within said county, in the State aforesaid, Simon P. Lewis and Simon Yann did then and there unlawfully and willfully acquire and possess intoxicating liquor with intent then and there to use the same in violation of the Prohibition law of the State, contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, etc. The second count contains the same formal language as to the charge against plaintiffs in error, the specific charge being that they…