THE PEOPLE v. McDONALD

No. 37236.

26 Ill.2d 325 (1962)

186 N.E.2d 303

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LAWRENCE McDONALD, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SUMMERS, WATSON AND KINPEL, of Champaign, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and HARRISON J. McCOWN, State's Attorney, of Tuscola, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

An information filed in the county court of Douglas County charged the defendant, Lawrence McDonald, with unlawfully keeping gambling devices in violation of the statute which provides: "Whoever, in any room, saloon, inn, tavern, shed, booth or building or enclosure or in any part thereof operates, keeps, owns, rents or uses any clock, joker, tape or slot machine or any other device upon...

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