People v. Bain

Mr. Justice Gridley delivered

the opinion of the court.

This cause originated by the return of an indictment in the criminal court of Cook county on February 17, 1932, charging the six defendants with conspiracy to obtain money and other property by false pretenses, etc. The defendants, Mulholland and Buhlig, were granted a severance and, on the trial of the other four defendants, they testified as witnesses for the State. A jury having been waived by agreement the trial was had before the court during the summer of 1932, at which much oral and documentary evidence was introduced. The…