Brooks v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to Criminal Court of Pueblo County. The record in this case shows that the plaintiffs in error, B. Herbert Brooks and Sarah J. Brooks, were jointly indicted in the criminal court of Pueblo county for conspiracy to defraud the Washington Life Insurance Company, and that to such indictment they each entered a plea of guilty; that upon such plea the court sentenced the defendants to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of two years each, which sentence they…
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Error to Criminal Court of Pueblo County. The record in this case shows that the plaintiffs in error, B. Herbert Brooks and Sarah J. Brooks, were jointly indicted in the criminal court of Pueblo county for conspiracy to defraud the Washington Life Insurance Company, and that to such indictment they each entered a plea of guilty; that upon such plea the court sentenced the defendants to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of two years each, which sentence they are now undergoing. The errors assigned all go to the jurisdiction of the court,, upon such plea of guilty, to sentence…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hayt
The statute under which the indictment in this case is framed reads as follows: “If any two or more persons shall conspire or agree, falsely and maliciously, to charge or indict, or cause or procure to be charged or indicted, any person for any criminal offense, or shall agree, conspire or co-operate to do, or to aid in doing, any other unlawful act, each of the persons so offending shall on conviction be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000, and imprisoned not less than three months nor exceeding two years.” Sec. 811, Gen. St. 1883.
In this state two places are resorted to for the…
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