People v. LaBow

Jack LaBow, plaintiff in error, together with Abe Sha- ■ piro, Frank Ripplinger and George Boggs, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county charged with the crime of conspiracy. The defendants were charged in the various counts with having conspired to obtain money by means of the confidence game and to obtain money by means of false pretenses from Myra Miller and Ethel Rice, women who conducted disorderly houses in the city of Chicago. On the trial Ripplinger and Boggs were found not guilty. Plaintiff in error and Shapiro were found guilty and were each sentenced to pay a fine of…