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  "id": 2942703,
  "name": "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. J. E. Kelly, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "People v. Kelly",
  "decision_date": "1917-02-19",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 22,635",
  "first_page": "201",
  "last_page": "202",
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. J. E. Kelly, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Dever\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Dever"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Frank L. Childs and Beryl Howard Childs, for plaintiff in error.",
      "Maclay Hoyne, for defendant in error; Alexander E. Arkin, of counsel."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. J. E. Kelly, Plaintiff in Error.\nGen. No. 22,635.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Harry C. Moran, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed February 19, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by the People of the State of Illinois, plaintiff, against J. E. Kelly, defendant, charging him with a violation of section 10 of the Motor Vehicle Law (J. & A. \u00b6 10010). From a judgment of conviction on trial by the court without a jury and fine of five dollars, defendant brings error.\nFrank L. Childs and Beryl Howard Childs, for plaintiff in error.\nMaclay Hoyne, for defendant in error; Alexander E. Arkin, of counsel.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Automobiles and garages, \u00a7 1 \u2014what constitutes prima facie case in prosecution for driving at excessive speed. Where, on a prosecution under section 10 of the Motor Vehicle Law (J. & A. \u00b6 10010), the defendant and his witnesses testified he was driving his automobile in a large city at a rate of speed of eighteen to twenty miles an hour, and a police officer testified defendant was driving at the rate of twenty-seven miles an hour, held that, disregarding the police officer\u2019s testimony, a prima facie case for the prosecution was made out under the statute, providing that the speed of an automobile shall not be greater than is reasonable and proper, and that a speed through a residence portion of a city in excess of fifteen miles an hour shall be prima facie evidence that the speed was greater than was reasonable and proper.\n2. Automobiles and garages, \u00a7 1*\u2014when evidence sufficient to sustain conviction for driving automobile at excessive speed. On a prosecution against an automobile owner under the Motor Vehicle Law, sec. 10 (J. & A. \u00b6 10010), for driving his automobile on the streets of a large city at an unreasonable and improper speed, in which there was evidence that the traffic was crowded, and the testimony was conflicting as to how much the speed of the car exceeded fifteen miles per hour, evidence held sufficient to sustain a conviction.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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