The People v. Dore

Frank J. Dore was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of obtaining money by means of the confidence game. He seeks a reversal of the judgment by this writ of error.

The plaintiff in error Dore resides in the village of Oak Park, in Cook county. On October 6, 1927, he opened an account at the First National Bank of Oak Park under the fictitious name of Frank J. Ebert. Shortly thereafter he began drawing checks on that account by the name of Ebert, payable to himself by his actual name, Frank J. Dore. He formerly had been employed by the Garfield State Bank, in Chicago, and he cashed…