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  "id": 2773414,
  "name": "People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Joseph Peterson, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "People v. Peterson",
  "decision_date": "1912-07-23",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 18,255",
  "first_page": "603",
  "last_page": "604",
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      "cite": "171 Ill. App. 603"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
  },
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "batch": "2018"
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Joseph Peterson, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Clark\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nThe plaintiff in error was convicted of the offense of knowingly and wilfully contributing to the delinquency of a female child under the age of 17 years, the case being heard by the court without a jury. The evidence offered on behalf of the state shows that the child is not a delinquent. The mother of the child, as well as other witnesses, testified that she had never been anything other than a good and virtuous girl. It is admitted that the plaintiff in error, while under the influence of liquor, improperly conducted himself towards the child, but there is nothing in the record to show that he was guilty of the offense charged in the complaint.\nThe appearance of the defendant in error has not been entered, presumably for the reason that in the opinion of the state\u2019s attorney' the conviction ought not to be allowed to stand.\nThe judgment will be reversed and the cause remanded, with directions to the Municipal Court of Chicago to enter an order dismissing the complaint.\nReversed and remanded with directions.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Presiding Justice Clark"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Frank Foster, for plaintiff in error.",
      "No appearance for defendant in error."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Joseph Peterson, Plaintiff in Error.\nGen. No. 18,255.\nCriminal law\u2014contributing to delinquency of female child. A conviction of knowingly and wilfully contributing to the delinquency of a female child under age of seventeen years, on hearing without a jury will be reversed where the state\u2019s evidence shows that the child was not a delinquent and where the record contains nothing to show guilt of the offense charged.\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Frederick L. Fake, Jb., Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1912.\nReversed and remanded with directions.\nOpinion filed July 23, 1912.\nFrank Foster, for plaintiff in error.\nNo appearance for defendant in error."
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