Chasse v. People

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was returned guilty of a confidence game and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five to seven years. To review that judgment he prosecutes this writ and assigns twenty-four errors. These are properly consolidated by the court and considered under the following: 1. The sufficiency of the evidence; 2. The admissibility of two exhibits; 3. The correctness of certain instruction; 4. The validity of the sentence.

This prosecution was brought under the following statutes: “Every person who shall obtain, or attepapt to obtain, from…