Simmons v. People

Plaintiff in error was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of obtaining by false pretenses the signature of Thomas B. Bryan to a deed. The Branch Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the judgment.

A great many errors are assigned-by plaintiff in error and are argued by the respective counsel, but it will only be necessary to consider the assignments that the trial court erred in overruling the motion of the defendant to quash the indictment, and his motion in arrest of judgment based upon the insufficiency of such indictment.

The indictment consists of six counts. They…