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PEOPLE v. LYONS

No. 33158.

4 Ill.2d 396 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 809

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ELMER LYONS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 20, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHESTER THOMPSON, of Bloomington, and EDWIN C. MILLS, of Lincoln, (KEITH CAMPBELL, of Bloomington, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and CLIFFORD N. COOLIDGE, State's Attorney, of Bloomington, (FRED G. LEACH, GEORGE W. SCHWANER, JR., and WENDELL E. OLIVER, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

Elmer Lyons was convicted in the circuit court of McLean County on a charge of bribery, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than four years. He brings the cause here for review by writ of error.

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was a sergeant on the police force of...

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