The People v. Riedel

M. James Riedel and Roy L. Tweddale were convicted and sentenced in the circuit court of Peoria county for obtaining money by the confidence game, from which judgment they prosecute this writ of error.

In the fall of 1936 Tweddale and Riedel were promoting and selling stock in the Corn Belt Distilling Company, claimed to be a Delaware corporation. The complaining witness, Erank A. Smith, was a salesman in a local store. Tweddale, who was selling stock in the company, asked Smith to buy stock but Smith wanted to be assured of a job. At that time the office was at Belvidere, Illinois, and Smith…