PEOPLE v. SAVAGE

No. 33444.

5 Ill.2d 296 (1955)

125 N.E.2d 449

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. RUTH E. SAVAGE, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM F. GIBBONS, and ROBERT F. MONAGHAN, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, GEORGE W. SCHWANER, JR., JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and W.J. McGAH, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Ruth E. Savage was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County on a charge of violating the statute which prohibits the abduction of infants. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 38, par. 385.) She waived a trial by jury. Her motions for judgment of not guilty at the close of the case for the People and after all the evidence had been received were overruled as were her motions for a new...

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