People v. Bertsche
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright
An indictment against the plaintiffs in error, Christian P. Bertsche, alias B. P. Christy, and Charles T. Crane, alias James Ryan, was returned into the criminal court of Cook county. It contained three counts, and in the first charged that the defendants obtained from Hope L. Mc-Eldowney United States treasury notes, bank bills and silver of the value of $15,000, and a draft of the value of $12,500, by means and by use of the confidence game. The second count charged a conspiracy to unlawfully obtain money and property of Hope L. Mc-Eldowney of the value of $15,000 by means and use of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Morton v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
- DuBois v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Goldgart v. People ex rel. GoarIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Wheeler v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1911
- Hughes v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
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- People v. BrandIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
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