The People v. Gould

William E. Gould and Sam D. Burge were convicted in the circuit court of Henry county on an indictment charging them with obtaining the property of Richard Naseef by means and by use of the confidence game. The cause is here on writ of error.

The principal ground urged for reversal is that the evidence does not show that defendants were guilty of- the confidence game, and that if any crime was proven it was the obtaining of Naseef’s property by false representations.

• Defendants for a number of years had been officers of the Savings Bank of Kewanee. At the time of the transaction for which…