People v. Emmel
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Fayette county; the Hon. Thomas F. Ford, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Dunn
Charles F. Emmel was found guilty in the circuit court of Fayette county in manner and form as charged in an indictment which charged him in three counts with obtaining from Lisetta Springer her money and property of the value of $5000 by means of the confidence game. He was' sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment in the penitentiary and has sued out a writ of error to reverse the judgment of conviction.
Lisetta Springer was a widow who had lived in Vandalia for thirty7five years. Her husband had conducted a bakery. during his lifetime, and after his death she, with her three…
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