People v. Dickelman

On November 18, 1937, the State’s Attorney filed a three-count criminal information in the county court of Cook county against William L. Dickelman, Neil N. McLean, William F. Rapelje, Jesse W. Ritter, Scott R. Weinland and Edward B. Keelen. The first court charges that defendants, as issuers, officers, directors, trustees or agents of the Westcoast Minerals Co., Ltd., a trust estate, did unlawfully sell securities without complying with par. 3, sec. 7a; sec. 7; sec. 6b; par. 2, sec. 7a, and sec. 9 of the Illinois Securities Law (ch. 121½, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1939 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 13.10,…