People v. Johnson

Defendant, Albert Lee Johnson, was tried in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of obtaining money by means of the confidence game. He waived trial by jury and was found guilty by the court and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one to ten years. He has sued out this writ of error, contending the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction.

The material evidence for the prosecution consisted of the testimony of the complaining witness and a deputy sheriff. The former, Mrs. Frankie Goodson, testified that on September 17, 1947, while riding in a streetcar, she met…