PEOPLE v. CATTANEO

No. 33368.

6 Ill.2d 122 (1955)

126 N.E.2d 692

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LESTER CATTANEO, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOSEPH T. SKINNER, and GEORGE S. SKINNER, both of Princeton, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and CALHOUN W.J. PHELPS, State's Attorney, of Princeton, (FRED G. LEACH, and GEORGE W. SCHWANER, JR., of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

By an information filed in the county court of Bureau County, Lester Cattaneo was charged with keeping a dice table, dice and chips for the purpose of playing at a game for money or other valuable things, in violation of section 3 of an act to prohibit the use of clock, tape, slot or other machines or devices for gambling purposes. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 38, par. 343.) Defendant...

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