PEOPLE v. FAIR

Gen. No. 49,667.

61 Ill. App.2d 360 (1965)

210 N.E.2d 593

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John A. Fair and C.J. Serio, a Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

Rehearing September 16, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph I. Bulger, of Chicago, for appellants.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and William J. Nellis. Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendants were convicted and fined $1,890 for operating a truck which weighed 18,980 pounds in excess of the prescribed statutory maximum of 72,000 pounds. The fine was computed on the basis of the method provided by statute, and the computation is not disputed.

Defendants contend that the evidence does not prove them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, in that the accuracy of the scales was not proved...

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