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PEOPLE v. CLARKE

No. 31599.

407 Ill. 353 (1950)

95 N.E.2d 425

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. FRANK CLARKE, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 27, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEORGE M. CRANE, and LAWRENCE A. BERMAN, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, E.F. WELTER, and ARTHUR F. MANNING, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the court:

This cause comes here on writ of error to the Appellate Court for the First District, which affirmed the judgment of the municipal court of Chicago, finding plaintiff in error, Frank Clarke, guilty of the criminal offense of "attempt extortion," in violation of section 93 of division I of the Criminal Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945, chap. 38, par. 240.) After waiving a jury trial, he...

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