Illinois Supreme Court October 23, 1906 (Hughes v. People)

Mr. Justice Hand

delivered the opinion of the court:

At the January term, 1906, the grand jury of Cook county returned an indictment into the criminal court of said county against Edgar C. Hughes, L. D. Abbott, A. M. Reed and C. E. Powers, charging them with obtaining from Walter Foster a check for the sum of $200 by means and by.