The People v. Finkelstein

This cause is here on writ of error sued out by the People to review the judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District which affirmed an order of the criminal court quashing an indictment charging defendant in error, Joseph Finkelstein, with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the State.

A motion has been made to dismiss the writ of error based on two grounds: (1) That there is no jurisdiction in this court to review, on writ of error, a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming an order of the criminal court quashing an indictment; and, (2) that what took place in the trial court was, in…