People v. Brakebill

On November 19, 1971 the defendant, Paul Brakebill, pled guilty to a charge of Deceptive Practice, in the Circuit Court of Fulton County and was sentenced to a term of not less than one year at the Illinois State Penal Farm.

The information charged the defendant with negotiating a ten dollar check to Day and Palin, knowing that such check would not be honored. Defendant contends that the information is fatally defective because it does not specify the person or persons who have been defrauded by the defendant in that the designation, “Day and Palin” does not qualify as “another” as that term…