Lavin v. People

Citations

• 69 Ill. 303

Syllabus

<p>Jury—question to elicit whether juror has a bias, etc. On the trial of one indicted for selling intoxicating liquor to a person in the habit of getting drunk, the court sustained an objection to the following questions, asked the jurors by the defendant: 1. “Are you a member of a temperance society?” 2. “Are you connected with any society or league organized for the purpose of prosecuting a certain class of people under what is called the new temperance law of the State, or have you ever contributed any funds for such a purpose ?”: Held, that, the court erred in refusing the questions, as they were clearly proper to enable the defendant to exercise his right of peremptory challenge.</p>