People v. Bither

Plaintiffs in error were convicted of the crime of conspiracy. The indictment was returned in May, 1922, and contained four counts. The first charges a conspiracy to obtain from the board of education of the City of Chicago, a body politic and corporate, a large amount of money, goods and personal property, to wit, the sum of $21,500, by means and use of the confidence game; the second, a conspiracy to obtain said money by false pretenses; the third, a conspiracy to embezzle said money and convert the same to their own use without the consent of said board of education, and the fourth, a…