People v. Curran

The defendant, Mary Curran, was indicted for gambling in violation of paragraph 28 — 1(a) (10), chapter 38, Ill. Rev. Stat., 1969. She waived a jury trial, was found guilty and placed on probation for six months.

Of the points raised on appeal we need consider but one: the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction.

Armed with a search warrant, officers of the Chicago Police Department made a forced entry into an apartment leased to the defendant. There were two people in the apartment, Mary Curran and Matt Raimondi. Recovered in a search of the premises were two one-hundred dollar bills…