The People v. Bimbo

The, defendant, Mary Bimbo, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the crime of obtaining money by means of the confidence game. She was tried by the court without a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to the Illinois State Reformatory for Women. Defendant prosecutes this writ of error.

On April 18, 1937, the prosecuting witness, Stanley Kozak, a resident of Kenosha, Wisconsin, together with his wife, two other women, and Julius Salaent, were in Chicago. A sign bearing the words “Fortune Teller” in the window of a store room at 1427 South Halsted street attracted the attention of…