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THE PEOPLE v. VAN SCOYK

No. 35765.

20 Ill.2d 232 (1960)

170 N.E.2d 151

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. GRACE VAN SCOYK, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 30, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HAROLD H. GOLDMAN, of Chicago, (IRVING S. ABRAMS, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

GRENVILLE BEARDSLEY, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and FRANCIS X. RILEY, and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Grace Van Scoyk, was charged with being an inmate of a house of ill fame or a place for the practice of prostitution, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 38, par. 163,) and for illegal possession of pornographic pictures and obscene literature. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 38, par. 468.) The cases were consolidated and tried in the municipal court of Chicago...

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