Olde v. People

Plaintiff in error, to whom we shall hereinafter refer as defendant, and one Earl Hicks, were jointly informed against for unlawfully and feloniously conspiring together to unlawfully, fraudulently and feloniously obtain divers sums of money from the public funds of Jefferson county “by means and by use of the confidence game.” In a separate trial defendant was found guilty, and he prosecutes this proceeding in error to review the judgment of conviction and sentence which followed, contending, inter alia, that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.

Defendant operated a gasoline…