People v. Harrington

This writ of error is prosecuted to review the judgment of the criminal court of Cook county finding plaintiffs in error guilty of obtaining the money of Alex Rutkauskas by means of the confidence game.

Rutkauskas testified that he was born in Lithuania; that he came to this country in 1909 and to Chicago in 1915; that he had known Anthony Lebecki about three years and Leslie Harrington and Peter Zilvitis about one year; that in March, 1921, Lebecki asked him if he wanted to make a good investment that would give a good return; that he told Lebecki that he had no money then but that he could…