166 N.E. 96 | Ill. | 1929
An information was filed in the county court of Saline county against Frank Simmons, plaintiff in error, for violation of the Prohibition act. The information contained *525 two counts. Plaintiff in error pleaded guilty to the first count, and the second count was nollied by the State's attorney. He was sentenced to serve six months on the Illinois State farm at Vandalia and to pay all costs. He has sued out this writ of error directly to this court and alleges as the only ground for reversal that the information does not charge a criminal offense.
The first count of the information, to which plaintiff in error pleaded guilty, charges that Frank Simmons, at and within said county of Saline, in the State of Illinois, willfully and unlawfully did then and there possess for the purpose of sale certain intoxicating liquor without then and there having a permit from the Attorney General of Illinois to so possess said intoxicating liquor, etc. It is the contention of plaintiff in error that no criminal offense is charged by the information, and for that reason he could not be lawfully sentenced under it.
A count in an information charging the unlawful ownership or possession of intoxicating liquor, or charging any other unlawful act under the Prohibition act, should allege that such possession or unlawful act was without proper legal permit. (People v. Martin,
The judgment of the county court is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.