People v. Olson
Superior Court of Buffalo
Gottschalk Olson and others were indicted for a conspiracy to cheat and defraud the city of Buffalo. Defendants demur to the indictment.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
The indictment is drawn to cover an offense created subdivision 4, § 168, Pen. Code, and charges the defendants with the crime of conspiracy, in attempting to cheat and defraud the city of Buffalo out of a sum of money. Believed of legal verbiage, the indictment charges that the defendants conspired among themselves and with other persons to cause and compel the city of Buffalo to pay an extortionate and exorbitant sum of money for the construction of a public work, and thereby to fraudulently obtain from the said city the sum of $2,000. The means alleged, briefly stated, are that the city…
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