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THE PEOPLE v. WEST

No. 34875.

15 Ill.2d 171 (1958)

154 N.E.2d 286

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ROBERT WEST et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GETER & GETER, of Chicago, (HOWARD D. GETER, SR., and HOWARD D. GETER, JR., of counsel,) for plaintiffs in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, LOUIS B. SUNDERLAND, FRANCIS X. RILEY, and HENRY W. McGEE, JR., of counsel,) for the People.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Separate informations filed in the municipal court of Chicago charged Robert West and Willie Robinson, defendants, with unlawfully and knowingly possessing "policy slips" in violation of our Criminal Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. 38, par. 413.) Both men waived a jury trial whereupon the causes were heard by the court which, in each instance, entered judgments of conviction...

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