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THE PEOPLE v. JONES

Nos. 35201, 25202 Cons.

19 Ill.2d 37 (1960)

166 N.E.2d 1

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff in Error, v. WILLARD JONES, Defendant in Error. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff in Error, v. HELEN JONES et al., Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 31, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LATHAM CASTLE, and GRENVILLE BEARDSLEY, Attorneys General, both of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, and WILLIAM H. SOUTH, Assistant Attorneys General, and FRANCIS X. RILEY and EDWIN A. STRUGALA, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

WILLIAM C. STARKE, and HOWARD T. SAVAGE, both of Chicago, for defendants in error.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

In March, 1957, the grand jury returned two indictments in the criminal court of Cook County charging the defendants Willard Jones and Helen Jones with illegal possession of narcotics in violation of sections 2 and 23 of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 38, par. 192.2 and 192.23. Defendants' motion to quash the indictments was sustained and the Appellate...

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