Judgment reversed.
Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendants George E. Von Rosen, Sidney Barker, and Ben Burns, upon trial by the criminal court of Cook County, trial by jury having been waived, were convicted of violating section I of the act to prevent desecration of the United States Flag (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 56 1/4, par. 6,) which declares it unlawful for any person to publicly desecrate the flag of the United States. They...
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