PEOPLE v. GALLOWAY

No. 33559.

7 Ill.2d 527 (1956)

131 N.E.2d 474

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOSEPH GALLOWAY et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JULIUS L. SHERWIN, and THEODORE R. SHERWIN, both of Chicago, for plaintiffs in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (IRWIN D. BLOCH, JOHN D. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and WM. SYLVESTER WHITE, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

After trial by jury in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendants, Joseph Galloway and Henry Jones, were convicted of the sale of heroin contrary to the provisions of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 38, pars. 192. I et seq.) Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled and they were each sentenced to serve a term of not...

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