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THE PEOPLE v. WALKER

No. 36103.

28 Ill.2d 393 (1963)

192 N.E.2d 833

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES R. WALKER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HOWARD G. KRANE, and MELVIN R. GOLDMAN, both of Chicago, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and RICHARD T. BUCK, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

By writ of error James R. Walker has sought reversal of his conviction following a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County, on a charge of obtaining money by means of the confidence game. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of one to three years.

Defendant's uncontroverted testimony is that he was employed by H.E. Cross during March and April of 1959 in the...

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