Trask v. People

The plaintiff in error was indicted, together with John Horr, William Turner, Michael McDonough, and H. M. Cook, for conspiracy. The indictment contains two counts, varying from each other only in the ownership of the money, goods, etc., which it is alleged it was the purpose of the conspiracy to obtain. Plaintiff in error was put upon trial alone. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, fixing his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for the term of two' years. The court, after overruling a motion for a new trial, gave judgment upon this verdict, to reverse which this writ of error…