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THE PEOPLE v. SWETS

No. 36295.

24 Ill.2d 418 (1962)

182 N.E.2d 150

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. CLARENCE SWETS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 23, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROMAN E. POSANSKI, of Chicago, (CHARLES D. SNEWIND, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER, and M. ROBERT OSTROW, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

After trial by jury in the criminal court of Cook County, Clarence Swets was found guilty of selling an automobile held under a trust receipt transaction and wilfully failing to pay the amount due under the trust receipt, in violation of section 18.01 of the Uniform Trust Receipts Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. 121 1/2, par. 183.1). He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term...

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