People v. Peers

The grand jury of the circuit court of Kankakee county returned an indictment against Petrus Peers, plaintiff in error, at the May term, 1922, consisting of ten counts, the first four charging him with attempting to obtain the money and property of the Auto Owners Insurance Agency, an Illinois corporation, by means and by use of the confidence game, and the last six counts charging him with an attempt to obtain the money and property of the Auto Owners Protective Exchange, “an association of persons organized and doing business under and by virtue of a license issued under the laws of the…