THE PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 38424.

31 Ill.2d 321 (1964)

201 N.E.2d 367

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. NELS J. JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RAYMOND L. JONES, of Chicago, (JOHN R. JEFFERS, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and WILLIAM J. NELLIS, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment reversed.

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

On a 1962 complaint signed by a labor union official, an employer, Nels J. Johnson, hereinafter called defendant, was charged with the crime of advertising for employees during a strike without stating in the ad that a strike was in progress. He was tried without a jury in what was then the municipal court of Chicago, found guilty...

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