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THE PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 35140.

17 Ill.2d 403 (1959)

161 N.E.2d 821

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. BEN LEWIS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 16, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MYER H. GLADSTONE, of Chicago, (FRANK W. OLIVER, of Chicago, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and WILLIAM H. SOUTH, Assistant Attorneys General, and FRANCIS X. RILEY and WILLIAM L. CARLIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

By an indictment returned in the criminal court of Cook County, defendant was charged with having obtained from Louis Mufale money, goods and personal property of the value of $4,000 by means and use of the confidence game. On November 8, 1957, after trial before the court, defendant was found guilty of the offense charged. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled...

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