Judgment reversed.
Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:
In a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Alexander County, defendant, Herman Whitfield, was convicted of possessing metal knuckles in violation of the unlawful use of weapons statute. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 24-1(a)(1).) The information on which he was prosecuted consisted of two counts charging separate violations of the two subsections of said statute which provide:
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