People v. Sawhill
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. CpORGp W. Patton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Plaintiff in error, James E. Sawhill, was indicted in the- circuit court of Woodford county at the September term, 1920, certain counts of the indictment charging him with the confidence game and others with false pretenses. On the trial of the case he was found guilty under two counts charging him with the confidence game and he was sentenced to the penitentiary. This writ of error was sued out to review the proceedings.
The indictment contained eight counts. The first, third and fourth were quashed by the trial court. Not long after the evidence for the People had been introduced, mainly in…
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