Graff v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—-heard in that court on writ of error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Farlin Q. Ball, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—-heard in that court on writ of error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Farlin Q. Ball, Judge, presiding. Appellant, Barney Graff, in July, 1901, was jointly indicted with Ben Ettelson, Dave Ettelson, Fred Alexander and George Saméis,, charged with a conspiracy to obtain money from the Buffalo German Insurance Company, and the Rochester German Insurance Company of Rochester, 2ST. Y., by false pretenses, with intent to cheat and defraud said companies. The defendants Fred Alexander and George Saméis' entered pleas of guilty…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
The law does not authorize an appeal in a criminal case, and whenever a motion to dismiss such an appeal has been made it has been allowed. In this case no motion of that kind "tvas made, but the appearance of the People was entered and there was a joinder in error. The cause was submitted for decision upon the errors assigned on the record, and inasmuch as everything essential to a hearing upon a writ of error is before us, we will treat the case as being here on writ of error. That was done in Berkenfield v. People, 191 Ill. 272, where the record was in the same condition.
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