People v. Smith

Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

The errors assigned and urged upon us in argument resolve themselves into the following contentions:

First, that the indictment and every count of it is so defective that it does not sustain the judgment of conviction; second, that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the charge of conspiracy to obtain money and other property by false pretenses; third, that Howe’s testimony was rendered incompetent because of his having testified before the grand jury, he being a co-conspirator with plaintiffs in error and not being so…