Morton v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against Thomas Horton, charging him with obtaining money by means of the confidence game.
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Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against Thomas Horton, charging him with obtaining money by means of the confidence game. The record, after the caption, commences as follows: Be it remembered, that on the 18th day of March, 1868, the following indictment was filed, to-wit: State of Illinois, ) St. Clair county, j ss* Of the March term of the St. Clair Circuit Court, in the year of our Lord 1868. The Grand Jurors chosen, selected and sworn, in and for the comity of St. Clair, State of Illinois, upon…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
This was an indictment in the St. Clair Circuit Court, at the March term, 1868, against Thomas Morton and James Stewart, charging that on the 18th day of February, 1868, in that county, they unlawfully and feloniously did obtain from one Daniel Hughes, thirty dollars of his money, by means and by use of the confidence game, contrary to the form of the statute &c.
The defendants were furnished with a copy of the indictment and a list of the jurors, and being arraigned pleaded not guilty. A motion was then made for a change of venue, which the court denied, and leave was granted to withdraw the…
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