Opinion
Gen. No. 9,222. (Abstract of Decision.)
Opinion filed April 15, 1940 Rehearing denied June 13, 1940
OFFICERS AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, § 156 — indictment, sufficiency. Indictment against mayor for malfeasance in office was properly quashed, where it made blanket charges of failure to lotteries, prostitution and gambling over a period from January 1, 1938 to February 15, 1939, without alleging any knowledge on part of defendant, or where or when the violations took place or the persons or places involved.
See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.
Error to Circuit Court of Champaign county; Hon. C.Y. MILLER, presiding.
Affirmed. Heard in this court at October term, 1939.
John E. Cassidy, Attorney General, for plaintiff in error;
A.B. Dennis, Assistant Attorney General, Fred B. Hamill, State's Attorney, and C.H. Swick, Assistant State's Attorney of counsel;
Albert Tuxhorn and James L. Capel, for defendant in error.
"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed April 15, 1940; rehearing denied June 13, 1940.