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PEOPLE v. McGOWAN

Nos. 32543, 32544.

415 Ill. 375 (1953)

114 N.E.2d 407

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. VERNON McGOWAN, Plaintiff in Error. — Same Defendant in Error, v. THOMAS McGOWAN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 21, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK J. FERLIC, JOSEPH D. GANNON, and EUGENE WOOD, all of Chicago, for plaintiffs in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, ARTHUR F. MANNING, WILLIAM J. McGAH, JR., and EUGENE F. WELTER, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Upon separate informations filed in the municipal court of Chicago, plaintiffs in error, Vernon McGowan and Thomas McGowan, were tried and convicted by the court, after waiving a jury, for knowingly possessing "policy slips" in violation of section 3 of the act to prevent policy-playing. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1951, chap. 38, par. 414.) Each was sentenced to a term of thirty days in the house...

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