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      "The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. James Bohan, Appellant. The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. William Sheehan, Appellant."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Eldbedge\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nAt the January term, 1910, of the County Court of DeWitt county, judgments were rendered against the appellants, Janies Bohan and William Sheehan, for six hundred dollars and one thousand dollars, respectively, in criminal prosecutions for the unlawful selling of intoxicating liquors. Appellants did not pay the judgments and in default thereof were imprisoned in the county jail. They remained in jail until they were released on the order of the State\u2019s Attorney. The State\u2019s Attorney made an alleged settlement with Bohan, whereby he paid the State\u2019s Attorney one hundred dollars in cash and gave his note for one hundred dollars. He likewise made an alleged settlement with Sheehan, whereby Sheehan paid him fifty dollars in cash and gave his note for one hundred dollars. When these alleged settlements were made the appellants were released from jail by order of the State\u2019s Attorney. At the next election another State\u2019s Attorney was elected and he found the aforesaid judgments in the County Court against the appellants, respectively, remained unpaid and had executions issued against the appellants and levies made thereunder. Appellants then came into court and made their respective motions to quash the executions on the ground that they had settled the judgments in the manner aforesaid with the preceding State\u2019s Attorney. The motions were overruled and they have prosecuted this appeal, and the two cases have been consolidated in this court.\nThat a State\u2019s Attorney has no pardoning power and no authority to settle and compromise judgments that have been rendered in courts of competent jurisdiction in criminal cases seems too clear for argument, but the question has been settled by this court in the case of Whittington v. Ross, 8 Ill. App. 234. Under the authority of this case the judgment in the County Court in each case must be affirmed.\nAffirmed.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Edward J. Sweeney, for appellants.",
      "Louis O. Williams, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. James Bohan, Appellant. The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. William Sheehan, Appellant.\nCriminal law, \u00a7 627 \u2014power of State\u2019s Attorney to compromise judgments. A State\u2019s Attorney has no pardoning power and no authority to compromise judgments that have been rendered in courts of competent jurisdiction in criminal cases.\nAppeal from the County Court of De Witt county; the Hon. Fred C. Hill, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the October term, 1913.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed December 27, 1913.\nEdward J. Sweeney, for appellants.\nLouis O. Williams, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, same topic and section number."
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