People v. Marcofsky
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Howard Hayes, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October "term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
On January 31, 1919, Jett Marcofsky, wife of the defendant, Samuel Marcofsky, by leave of court, filed an information in the municipal court of Chicago charging that on the 6th day of December, 1918, her husband, the defendant, had received from her $12 which she had earned in the practice of prostitution and, therefore, he was guilty of the crime of pandering. The defendant pleaded not guilty and waived trial by jury. The court after hearing the evidence found him guilty and imposed a sentence of 6 months in the House of Correction and a fine of $500, to reverse which he prosecutes this writ…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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