MR. JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal taken by the People of the State of Illinois from an order dismissing the complaint on the ground that the section under which the defendant was charged does not in any way prescribe a penalty. It is the State's theory that the Illinois Liquor Control Act (commonly called the Dram Shops Act) (Ill. Rev Stats 1965, c 43) is a penal statute, and that in this case section 140 of the Dram Shops...
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