Maloney v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Criminal prosecution for conspiracy. Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lockwood Honoré, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
The indictment in question is framed under section 46 of the Criminal Code, chapter 38, E. S., and the only pertinent question presented by the record for determination is the sufficiency of the indictment to sustain the conspiracy charged, viz: “to maliciously threaten, verbally, one Lawrence Erhart, of a crime, to wit, the infamous crime against nature, with intent to extort money from him, the said Lawrence Erhart.” Section 46, supra, provides: “If any two or more persons conspire or agree together * * * to obtain money or other property by false pretenses, or to do any illegal act…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
- Commonwealth v. HoxeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1820
- Knowles v. StateU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1808
- Stone v. PrattIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
- Williams v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
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