Grandbouche v. People

The information upon which this case is based contained five counts and charged the plaintiff in error, together with two codefendants, Edna Mae Hewitt and George S. Elstun, with conspiracies to commit the following crimes: (1) larceny by bailee; (2), false pretenses; (3) embezzlement; (4) confidence game; and (5) cheating and swindling. At the commencement of the trial Hewitt pleaded guilty to the second, third and fifth counts of the information. Plaintiff in error stood mute upon arraignment, whereupon a plea of not guilty was entered for him, and he elected to stand trial, jointly with…