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PEOPLE v. MERO

Nos. 33298, 33299.

4 Ill.2d 327 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 796

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. HELEN MERO, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 20, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EUCLID LOUIS TAYLOR, of Chicago, (WILLIAM L. CARLIN, and LOUIS A. ROSENTHAL, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, GEORGE W. SCHWANER, JR., JOHN T. GALLAGHER, ARTHUR F. MANNING, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and ELMER C. KISSANE, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

On March 27, 1953, three indictments were returned in the criminal court of Cook County against the plaintiff in error, Helen Mero, who is hereinafter referred to as the defendant. Each indictment involved the confidence game. The first charged the defendant with having obtained $1700 from Ida Collins on August 28, 1952, and will be referred to herein as the Collins case. The second...

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