People v. Quesse

Plaintiffs in error, William E. Quesse, Eugene Fosdick, John D. Sullivan, Claude F. Peters, Robert Osterberg, Frank McWat'ters, George Watters, John Mattis, Peter Lagey and Gus Anderson, were indicted in the criminal court of Cook county on a charge of conspiracy. There were twelve counts in the indictment. The last two were nolle prossed. A separate verdict was returned as to each of the ten defendants, finding him guilty in manner and form as charged “in the seventh count or counts of the indictment.” The cause comes here on the common law record, the Appellate Court having affirmed the…