The People v. Folignos

Plaintiff in error, James Folignos, was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of the crime of threatening, by written communication, to kill Valentino Parise or some member of his family and to destroy the property of Parise, with intent thereby to extort money from Parise, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary. He prosecutes this writ of error to reverse the judgment for the reasons (1) that the indictment is insufficient; (2) that the act under which the prosecution is brought is unconstitutional; and (3) that improper evidence was admitted on behalf of the…