Clarke v. People

delivered the opinion of the court:. . Plaintiff in error was charged in one information, in three, counts, with false pretenses, larceny, and confidence game. . He was also charged in four informations with the -crime .of confidence game, based on four .different transactions. All these informations were consolidated for trial. The accused was found guilty upon each, and separate judgments and sentences pronounced, the sentences running concurrently.

It is urged that the counts in the information containing three could not properly be joined, although they were based upon the same…