PEOPLE v. SCOTT

Gen. Nos. 45,251, 45,258.

345 Ill. App. 73 (1951)

102 N.E.2d 160

People of State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Winfield W. Scott and Jack Zimmerman, Plaintiffs in Error.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 5, 1951.

Released for publication December 6, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HARRY A. BIOSSAT, of Chicago, for certain plaintiff in error; DARROW, SMITH & CARLIN, of Chicago, for certain other plaintiff in error; WILLIAM L. CARLIN, and LOUIS A. ROSENTHAL, both of Chicago, of counsel.

JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago, for defendant in error; JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, ARTHUR F. MANNING, JAMES A. BROWN, and SAMUEL PAPANEK, Assistant State's Attorneys, all of Chicago, of counsel.


MR. JUSTICE LEWE delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs in error Winfield W. Scott and Jack Zimmerman, hereinafter called defendants, and Sidney Greenberg, were indicted for conspiracy to cause a criminal abortion on Octavia Owsley. The trial court granted a severance as to Greenberg. A jury trial resulted in a verdict of guilty against defendants Scott and Zimmerman, fixing the punishment of each at one year in the county jail and a fine of $1,000. Defendants...

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