The People v. Heinsius

Plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and convicted in the criminal court of Cook county upon a charge of obtaining money, goods and personal property from Max Roeder by means and by use of the confidence game, and the record is now before us upon writ of error.

Plaintiff in error in 1919 was a dealer in bonds and also a director of a motion picture company in the city of Chicago. In the summer of 1919 he became acquainted with Roeder at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. At that time Roeder learned that plaintiff in error was in the bond business. After their return from Lake Geneva Roeder called upon…