People v. Shaw

The plaintiff in error, Eugene O. Shaw, was indicted in the circuit court of Iroquois county under the name of John Shaw, alias A. W. Shaw, for obtaining money and property from Charles E. Edinger by means and use of the confidence game. The first and fourth counts charged, in general language, obtaining the money and property by means and use of the confidence game, and the second and third charged him with obtaining the money and property by means of a false and bogus express money order.

There was a motion to quash the indictment, which was overruled, and the objection to the indictment…