The People v. Miller

William H. H. Miller, plaintiff in error, was tried and convicted by a jury in the criminal court of Cook county for the offense of conspiracy to obtain money by false pretenses and was sentenced to serve a term of seven months and one day in the county jail and to pay a fine of $2000. He obtained a writ of error from the Appellate Court, where the judgment of the lower court was affirmed, and now comes here by writ of error. It is here conceded that the evidence produced by the People proved the conspiracy and the performance of overt acts in furtherance of the objects of that offense.

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