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  "name": "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Jack Colberg, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "People v. Colberg",
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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    "parties": [
      "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Jack Colberg, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Thompson\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Charles Troup, for plaintiff in error.",
      "John H. Lewman, for defendant in error; David Allison, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Jack Colberg, Plaintiff in Error.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nError to the County Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. Lawrence T. Allen, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1915.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed October 13, 1915.\nStatement of the Case.\nInformation by the People of the State of Illinois, plaintiff, against Jack Colberg, defendant, for illegal sale of liquor to a minor. To review a judgment entered on a verdict of guilty, the defendant prosecutes a writ of error. The court on its own initiative instructed the jury that: \u201cIf you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant * * * sold intoxicating liquor to -Virgil Chapman, a minor, * * * it is your duty to return a verdict of guilty; unless you further believe from the evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt, that said minor had a written order of a parent, guardian or family physician of such minor, and * * * the burden of proving such written order is upon the defendant. \u2019 \u2019\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Intoxicating liquors, \u00a7 161 \u2014when alternative judgment sentencing defendant convicted of unlawfully selling liquor to minor erroneous. An alternative judgment sentencing a defendant, convicted of unlawfully selling liquor to a minor, to pay a fine of fifty dollars and costs, and, in default of such payment, to be confined in jail for a period of thirty days, held not authorized under the statute, J. & A. \u00b6 4605, or the Criminal Code, secs. 452, 168b (J. & A. \u00b6\u00b6 4152, 3795).\n2. Intoxicating liquors, \u00a7 158*\u2014when instruction on amount of proof to avoid conviction erroneous. In a prosecution for illegal sale of liquor to a minor, an instruction requiring the defendant, in order to avoid a conviction, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the minor had a proper written order therefor, held reversible error.\nCharles Troup, for plaintiff in error.\nJohn H. Lewman, for defendant in error; David Allison, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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