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CITY OF CHICAGO v. DOWDELL

Gen. No. 54,021.

126 Ill. App.2d 58 (1970)

261 N.E.2d 499

City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Dowdell, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

May 25, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin L. Frazin and Howard T. Savage, of Chicago, for appellant.

Raymond F. Simon, Corporation Counsel of City of Chicago (Marvin E. Aspen and Gayle F. Haglund, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

In a bench trial defendant Dowdell was found guilty of the offense of failing to register his possession of a firearm in violation of chapter 11.1, section 7, of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago. He was fined $500. On appeal he contends that (1) the complaint failed to state a violation of the ordinance involved, and (2) the evidence was insufficient to establish the elements of the offense charged.<...

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