McDonald v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Indictment, violation of the dram shop act. Error to the County Court of Lee County; the Hon. Richabd S. Fabband, Judge, presiding. Heai-d in this court at the May term, 189S, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Ooubt,
Laoey, J.
This was a case where the plaintiff in error had been indicted in the Circuit Court, on a charge of selling intoxicating liquors in violation of the Dram Shop Act ” and without license. The indictment contained fifty counts.
On motion of the plaintiff in error, the venue was changed from the Circuit Court to the County Court, the plaintiff in error swearing that all three of the circuit judges were prejudiced against him, so that he could not receive a fair trial. When the case reached the County Court, plaintiff in error made another motion for a change of venue,…
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