People v. DeStefano

Defendant appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict, finding defendant guilty “of illegally offering to vote in manner and form as charged in the indictment.” Defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one to three years.

Defendant was tried on a two-count indictment. Count 1 charged that on April 2, 1963, defendant “committed the offense of illegal voting in that he knowingly offered to vote at the municipal election held in the City of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and in precinct 64 of Ward 36 of the City of Chicago when the said Sam DeStefano had been convicted of the…