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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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