THE PEOPLE v. COLLINS

No. 37030.

25 Ill.2d 574 (1962)

185 N.E.2d 689

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff in Error, v. JOAN COLLINS et al., Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER and MARVIN E. ASPEN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Writ dismissed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This matter was initiated by complaints filed before a justice of the peace in Cook County which charged the defendants, Joan Collins, Irene Collins and Tony Beretti, with gambling offenses. When the cases came on for trial, the defendants pleaded not guilty. A State police officer testified that he went into the tavern where the three defendants were working behind the bar, and there...

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