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THE PEOPLE v. ALEXANDER

No. 36061.

21 Ill.2d 347 (1961)

172 N.E.2d 785

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. FANNIE ALEXANDER et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEORGE M. CRANE, of Chicago, for plaintiffs in error.

WILLIAM L. GUILD, 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 KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants, Fannie Alexander and Marie Walker, were tried in the criminal court of Cook County by the court without a jury on three separate indictments. In two of these indictments the defendants were jointly charged, together with one Bo Handsborough, with the crimes of conspiracy to sell narcotics and the sale of narcotics. In the third indictment the defendant...

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