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CITY OF CHICAGO v. LORD

No. 33516, 33517.

7 Ill.2d 379 (1955)

130 N.E.2d 504

THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant, v. SAM J. LORD, Appellee. — THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant, v. CHARLES CHERTKOFF, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN J. MORTIMER, Corporation Counsel, and JOHN C. MELANIPHY, Acting Corporation Counsel, both of Chicago, (L. LOUIS KARTON, and ARTHUR MAGID, of counsel,) for appellant.

SHULMAN, SHULMAN, ABRAMS & JOSEPH, of Chicago, (MILTON K. JOSEPH, of counsel,) for appellees.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellant, the city of Chicago, filed quasi-criminal complaints in the municipal court of Chicago, charging appellees, who are Sam J. Lord and his employee Charles Chertkoff, with unlawfully exhibiting for gain or profit in a place of public amusement, pictures containing obscene, lewd, indecent and immoral matter in violation of the Chicago Municipal Code. At a joint trial, the court...

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