People v. Kahn

Mr. Presiding Justice Barry

delivered the opinion of the court.

It is insisted that the indictment is unintelligible. The indictment is based on Cahill’s Illinois Statutes, ch. 38, ¶ 116 which provides: “If any two or more persons conspire or agree together, . . . or to commit any felony, they shall be deemed guilty of a conspiracy,” etc. The words “wrongfully and wickedly” found in that portion of the statute omitted from the above quotation have no application to a conspiracy to commit felony. The indictment consists of two counts and there was a general verdict of guilty. If there is one…