THE PEOPLE v. CARUTH

No. 37541.

28 Ill.2d 514 (1963)

192 N.E.2d 911

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARTHUR T. SUSMAN, 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 EDWARD J. HLADIS and MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

James Caruth, otherwise called James C. Collins, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of confidence game. After a bench trial he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for a term from one to five years. On this writ of error he contends that the evidence cannot sustain a conviction for confidence...

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