The People v. Parker

Plaintiff in error, Oscar Parker, was indicted in the circuit court of St. Clair county, together with Pete Hun-gate and Joe Ward, on a charge of obtaining money from Lyda Bills by means and by use of the confidence game. They were tried, convicted and sentenced, and the plaintiff in error prosecutes this writ for a review of that judgment.

The undisputed facts are as follows: William Bills and the complaining witness, Lyda Bills, were operating a restaurant at Marissa, Illinois, in October of 1932. About a week prior to the consummation of the transaction in question the plaintiff in error…