Appellate Court of Illinois, 1916

City of Chicago v. Zitny

City of Chicago v. Zitny
Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided June 19, 1916 · Holdom
199 Ill. App. 585

City of Chicago v. Zitny

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

Abstract of the Decision. 1. Evidence, § 10*—judicial notice of ordinance. A trial court must take judicial notice of a municipal ordinance. 2. Municipal Court of Chicago, § 39 *^when presumed that ordinance violated as charged in complaint. It will be presumed on appeal from a judgment of conviction for the violation of a municipal ordinance, where such ordinance is not found in the record, that it was proven to have been violated as charged in the complaint. 3. Municipal Court of Chicago, § 39*—when finding of trial judge in prosecution for violation of ordinance not disturbed. The finding of a trial judge in a prosecution for the violation of a municipal ordinance will not be disturbed as against the weight of evidence where it appears that his finding is sustained by credible evidence appearing in the record.

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