Berkenfield v. People

The defendant, Isidor Berkenfield, was indicted by the grand jury, at the January term, 1899, of the criminal court of Cook county, for obtaining credit from the Continental National Bank of Chicago by means of a certain false and fraudulent statement in writing signed by him as to the financial standing and responsibility of the firm of S. Levy & Co., of which firm he was a member, by means whereof said Continental National Bank was defrauded by said firm out of a large sum of money.

The indictment contained nine counts, the first, second, third and eighth of which were abandoned upon the…