Gregg v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Indictment for obtaining a signature by false pretenses. Error to the Criminal Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
Plaintiff in error was convicted in the Criminal Court of Cook County of obtaining, by false pretenses, the signature of 0. M. Barnes and C. M. Barnes & Co., a corporation, to a promissory note for the sum of $500, and was sentenced to confinement in the county jail for thirty days, and to pay a fine of $1,000 and costs. To reverse this sentence or judgment this writ of error was sued out. The grounds for reversal relied on by counsel, in their argument, are that the indictment is fatally defective; that incompetent evidence was admitted;- that the only evidence of the falsity of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cannady v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
- Mohler v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
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