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  "name": "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Earl Hardy, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "People v. Hardy",
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  "first_page": "484",
  "last_page": "485",
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      "cite": "202 Ill. App. 484"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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  "jurisdiction": {
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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. Earl Hardy, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice. Graves\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice. Graves"
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    "attorneys": [
      "William N. Hairgrove, for plaintiff in error.",
      "Egbert Tilton, for defendant in error."
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    "head_matter": "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Earl Hardy, Plaintiff in Error.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nError to the County Court of Morgan county; the Hon. William E. Thomson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1916.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed October 13, 1916.\nStatement of the Case.\nProsecution by information by the People of the State of Illinois, plaintiff, against Earl Hardy, defendant, for selling liquor in anti-saloon territory. To review a judgment against him, defendant prosecutes a writ of error.\nThe jury returned as their verdict a paper in the following language:\n\u201cThe Court instructs the Jury, if you find the defendant guilty the form of y\u00f3ur verdict may be: \u2018We, the Jury, find the defendant, Guilty Earl Hardy, guilty of selling intoxicating liquor in manner and form as charged in the First Count of the information,\u2019 the Jury to fill the blank with the number of the Count or Counts you find the defendant guilty of.\u201d\nWilliam N. Hairgrove, for plaintiff in error.\nEgbert Tilton, for defendant in error.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Appeal and ebbob, \u00a7 1522 \u2014when informality should not vitiate verdict. When a verdict does substantial justice, informality should not vitiate it.\n2. Intoxicating liquobs, \u00a7 160*\u2014when informal verdict sufficient in criminal prosecution for selling liquor. A verdict in a criminal prosecution for illegally selling intoxicating liquor in anti-saloon territory, although defective in form, helct sufficient to sustain a judgment against the defendant.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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