S.A.S. Co. v. Kucharski

After a bench trial, George W. Lawson (defendant) was found guilty Page 769 of unlawful use of weapons (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 24-1(a)(4)) in that he carried a pistol concealed on his person. He was sentenced to four months in custody of the Department of Corrections. He appeals to this court contending that he was wrongfully arrested and searched in Evanston by two Chicago police officers as a result of uncorroborated information received by the officers from an unidentified man and also that Chicago police officers had no legal authority to arrest and search him while within Evanston. The State contends that the information supplied to the officers by a private citizen was sufficient justification for questioning defendant; that the responses elicited gave the officers probable cause to arrest and search him and also that Chicago police officers had legal authority to arrest and detain defendant in Evanston until the arrival of Evanston police.