Elliott v. People

*237Plaintiff in error, whom we shall hereafter designáte defendant, was convicted under the provisions of sec. 1783, Eev. St. 1908, defining the offense confidence game, which is as follows:

“Every person who shall obtain, or attempt to obtain, from any other person or persons any money or property by means of or by the use of brace faro, or any false or bogus checks, or by any other means, instrument or device, commonly called confidence games, shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for any term not less than one year nor more than…