Illinois Supreme Court· 9/15/1878
Swanson v. People
Citations
- 89 Ill. 589
Syllabus
<p>Change of venue—an information can not be to circuit court. As an information for a misdemeanor can be commenced and prosecuted only in the county court, it is error, on granting a change of venue by the county court, to send the cause to the circuit court of some other county, and error for the latter court to proceed with its trial.</p>
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