The People v. Schneider

Plaintiff in error, Al. L. Schneider, (herein called the defendant,) was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county under the second count of an indictment charging that on February 18, 1926, he did unlawfully, fraudulently and feloniously obtain from the Haag-Bigler Chemical Company, a corporation, a large amount of money, goods and personal property by means of the confidence game, etc. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled and he was sentenced to the penitentiary in accordance with the verdict of the jury. He prosecutes this writ of error.

The evidence for the…