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THE PEOPLE v. GORDON

No. 36063.

22 Ill.2d 616 (1961)

177 N.E.2d 118

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff in Error, v. SAM GORDON et al., Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRANCIS X. RILEY and ALAN S. GANTZ, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

FRANK G. WHALEN, of Chicago, for defendants in error.

Judgment affirmed.

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

By this writ of error the People seek reversal of a judgment of the criminal court of Cook County which quashed an indictment and discharged the defendants named therein. The writ was originally prosecuted to the Appellate Court but because of a constitutional question, involving the problem of whether the indictment was so indefinite...

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