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  "name": "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Erminie Montgomery, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "People v. Montgomery",
  "decision_date": "1915-10-05",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 20,814",
  "first_page": "483",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Erminie Montgomery, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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        "author": "Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Edward H. Morris, for plaintiff in error.",
      "Maclay Hoyne, for defendant in error; Edward E. Wilson, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Erminie Montgomery, Plaintiff in Error.\nGen. No. 20,814.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. William N. Gemmill, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the March term, 1915.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed October 5, 1915.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Druggists, \u00a7 6 \u2014who has burden of proving legality of sale of cocaine. In a proceeding wherein defendant was charged with unlawfully selling cocaine \u201cwithout the written prescription of a physician,\u201d as required by statute, held that the burden of proof is on defendant to bring the sale within the exception.\n2. Appeal and error, \u00a7 1487 \u2014when admission of evidence harmless. Where the issues are clearly proven without the evidence objected to, error in admitting such evidence held harmless.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by the People of the State of Illinois, plaintiff, against Erminie Montgomery, defendant, in the Municipal Court of Chicago, in which defendant was charged with unlawful sale of cocaine. To reverse a judgment for\" plaintiff, defendant prosecutes this writ of error.\nEdward H. Morris, for plaintiff in error.\nMaclay Hoyne, for defendant in error; Edward E. Wilson, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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