PEOPLE v. NIEWINSKI

Gen. No. 46,976.

13 Ill. App.2d 307 (1957)

142 N.E.2d 151

People of State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Joseph Niewinski and Markus Svendsen, Plaintiffs in Error.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

Released for publication May 21, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coghlan & Coghlan, of Chicago (John P. Coghlan, and John E. Toomey, both of Chicago, of counsel) for plaintiffs in error.

Benjamin S. Adamowski, State's Attorney of Cook county, of Chicago (Gordon Nash, and William Sylvester White, Assistant State's Attorneys, of Chicago, of counsel) for defendant in error.


JUDGE McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court.

Joseph Niewinski and Markus Svendsen, police officers of the City of Chicago, were indicted under Section 9-92 of the Cities and Villages Act (chap. 24, par. 9-92, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953) and tried before a jury and found guilty. They were each fined $500 and removed from their positions as officers and policemen of the city of Chicago. Motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment were overruled, and plaintiffs in...

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