The People v. Dustin

The grand jury of Cook county returned an indictment in the criminal court of said county charging the plaintiff in error with obtaining money by means of the confidence game. The case was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty. Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled by the trial court, and plaintiff in error sentenced to the Woman’s Reformatory at Dwight, Illinois, for an indeterminate term of from one to ten years. The plaintiff in error seeks to reverse the judgment and has brought the case to this court by writ of error.

She…