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  "name": "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Margaret Fitzpatrick, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "People v. Fitzpatrick",
  "decision_date": "1915-03-23",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 20,233",
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    "parties": [
      "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Margaret Fitzpatrick, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Gridley\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Eugene A. Moran, for plaintiff in error; Rankin & Moran, of counsel.",
      "Maclay Hoyne, for defendant in error; Edward E. Wilson and James C. Dooley, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Margaret Fitzpatrick, Plaintiff in Error.\nGen. No. 20,233.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Chables H. Bowles, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1914.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed March 23, 1915.\nStatement of the Case.\nProsecution by The People of the State of Illinois, plaintiff, against Margaret Fitzpatrick, defendant.\nOn January 9, 1914, an information, signed by Thomas H. Sweeney and verified by his affidavit, was filed in the Municipal Court of Chicago, charging that Margaret Fitzpatrick, \u201cis an idle and dissolute person, is a common night walker and goes about the public streets soliciting men for the purpose of prostitution; is lewd, wanton and lascivious in speech, person and behavior; is idle and neglectful of all lawful business and did habitually mis-spend her time by frequenting houses of ill-fame and tippling shops.\u201d By order of the chief justice of the' Municipal Court the cause was set for trial before the Hon. Charles H. Bowles, a judge of the City Court of Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois, who was holding a branch of the Municipal Court at the request of the judges of said Municipal Court.\nDefendant pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial, and the jury having found her guilty and a sentence of six months\u2019 imprisonment in the House of Correction having been imposed, defendant prosecutes this writ of error.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Municipal Court of Chicago, \u00a7 35 \u2014when information by another than Attorney General or State\u2019s Attorney sufficient. Criminal cases in the Municipal Court of Chicago in which the punishment is by fine or imprisonment otherwise than in the penitentiary may he prosecuted by the \u2022 information of another than the Attorney General or State\u2019s Attorney, but in such cases the information ' must be verified by the affidavit of such other person.\n2. Municipal Court op Chicago, \u00a7 4*\u2014when nidge of court of another city may sit. Under section 13 of the Municipal Court Act (J. & A. 3325) a judge of the City Court of Chicago Heights who has been requested by the judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago to hold a branch of the latter court has jurisdiction to try causes brought in such branch.\n3. Criminal law, \u00a7 162*\u2014when evidence sufficient to show defendant to be a vagabond. Where on an information under Illinois R. S., ch. 38, sec. 270 (J. & A. jf 3962) the testimony of the six witnesses for the People is to the effect that defendant was a common night walker and prostitute, was dissolute, neglectful of all lawful business and habitually misspent her time frequenting tippling shops, while defendant, who is the only witness for the defense, denies the charges and states that she is engaged in doing housework for her employer, receiving therefor five dollars a week and her room and board and that she also receives ten dollars a week from her husband who lives in California, the evidence is sufficient to support a verdict finding her guilty.\nEugene A. Moran, for plaintiff in error; Rankin & Moran, of counsel.\nMaclay Hoyne, for defendant in error; Edward E. Wilson and James C. Dooley, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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