The People v. Lavendowski

An information charging Joe Lavendowski with violations of the Illinois Prohibition act was filed in the county court of Rock Island county. The information consisted of four counts, upon the second and fourth of which a nolle prosequi was entered. Lavendowski was charged by the first count with maintaining a common nuisance, and by the third count with the unlawful possession of a still designed for the illegal manufacture of liquor without having a permit therefor from the Attorney General. The plea was not guilty. A jury trial resulted in a verdict finding Lavendowski guilty upon the first…