Graubner v. City of Jacksonville
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit, Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Edward T. Eice, Judge, presiding. This was a prosecution, commenced by the City of Jacksonville, against John Graubner, for an alleged violation of a city ordinance prohibiting the sale of liquor within the corporate limits.
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Appeal from the Circuit, Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Edward T. Eice, Judge, presiding. This was a prosecution, commenced by the City of Jacksonville, against John Graubner, for an alleged violation of a city ordinance prohibiting the sale of liquor within the corporate limits. The proceeding was instituted before a justice of the peace of the city of Jacksonville, appealed to the Circuit Court of Morgan county, and a change of venue taken to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county. On the trial, Graubner was offered as a witness, to testify in his own behalf, which was refused. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This case is like that of Kettering v. City of Jacksonville, ante p. 39, except in one particular. Graubner, the appellant, offered to testify, but the court did not permit him to do so. This was error. This court has repeatedly decided that prosecutions of this character were not a criminal proceeding. We have also held, in the case of The People v. Starr, ante p. 52, that the defendant, in a prosecution for bastardy, was a competent witness under our present law, and the same rule must be applied in this case.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded., Judgment reversed.
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