People v. Poindexter

The plaintiffs in error were indicted in the criminal court of Cook county, together with one Alex. W. Maas, who was not arrested, for conspiracy. Upon a trial they were convicted and the Appellate Court affirmed the conviction.

The first error relied on for reversal is, that the trial court refused to require th^ People to furnish an additional bill of particulars. The indictment consisted of two counts, the first of which charged that the defendants conspired together to obtain from Frank L. Susemihl $3000 by means of false pretenses, and the second that they conspired together to obtain…