Clark v. People

An information filed in the district court of the second judicial district charged plaintiff in error, to whom reference is hereinafter made as defendant, in two counts with larceny as bailee and confidence game. Defendant was convicted on both counts and sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than five years on the first count, and for not less than eight nor more than twenty years on the second count, the sentences to run concurrently. No evidence was introduced by the defense, and therefore the facts are undisputed.

Counsel for defendant contend that…