Crane v. People

PLAINTIFFS in error are hereinafter referred to as defendants, or as Crane and Flynn respectively. A jury returned them guilty of "conspiracy to obtain money by means of false pretenses." Thereon Crane was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five to six years and Flynn for a term of four to five years. To review that judgment they prosecute this writ.

Defendants and one Dill were jointly charged in each of eleven counts of an information. Dill was not apprehended. At the close of the people's evidence they withdrew six of the counts. The jury returned verdicts of guilty on the second…