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THE PEOPLE v. CLEMONS

No. 36811.

26 Ill.2d 481 (1962)

187 N.E.2d 260

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. MOSE CLEMONS et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 28, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BELLOWS, BELLOWS and MAGIDSON, of Chicago, for plaintiffs in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and RUDOLPH L. JANEGA and EDWIN J. BELZ, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants, George Young and Mose Clemons, deputy sheriffs of Cook County, were indicted in five counts for the crime of bribery. Both waived a jury, were tried before the court, found guilty, and each sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than three years.

At approximately 1:30 A.M. on October 17, 1959, five youths and a 13-year-old girl were...

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