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        "text": "Mr. Justice Adams\ndelivered the opinion of the court. \u25a0\nAppellee was convicted before a justice of the peace for a violation of section 16 of the Pharmacy act, Rev. Stat., p. 1078, par. 33, and appealed to the Circuit Court, where a trial was had and appellee was acquitted, and appellants appealed to this court. Appellee moved here to dismiss the appeal on the ground that no appeal lies by the people in such case as the present, and the motion was reserved till the hearing.\nA violation of section 16 of the Pharmacy act is a misdemeanor, and is by the section expressly declared so to be. It is provided in the criminal code that \u201c in no criminal case shall the people be allowed an appeal, writ of error or new trial.\u201d Rev. Stat., p. 617, par. 437; see also, People v. Miner, 144 Ill. 308; Same v. Glodo, 12 Ill. App. 348, and Same v. Dill, 1 Scam. 257.\nThe appeal is dismissed.",
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    "head_matter": "People of the State of Illinois v. John York Company, a corporation.\n1. Appeals\u2014By the People in Criminal Cases.\u2014An acquittal in a prosecution for violating section 16 of the Pharmacy act, is an acquittal in a criminal case, and no appeal lies by the people.\nProsecution under the Pharmacy Act.\u2014Trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County, on appeal from a justice of the peace; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. Verdict of acquittal. Appeal by the people.\nHeard in this court at the October term; 1898.\nAppeal dismissed.\nOpinion filed February 9, 1899.\nKitt Gould, attorney for appellants; Gabriel J. Norden, of counsel.\nKerr & Barr, attorneys for appellee.\nA writ of error does not lie at the instance of the people to reverse the judgment of a trial court in a criminal case. The People v. Glodo, 12 Ill. App. 348; The People v. Dill, 1 Scam. 257."
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