Colson v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 29 — Indictment for Uttering a Forged Instrument — APPEAL PROM KNOX CIRCUIT COURT. John Colson was Convicted oe Uttering and Publishing a Forged Instrument and he Appeals. The writing which the appellant is charged with uttering and publishing is as follows: “Barboursville, Ky., July 27, 1900.— Mr. John Colson — Sir: I want you to come heare sometime when they is nobody hear, I have got something to tell you. It is about what you saw at mother’s, an’ don’t fail to come.
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Case 29 — Indictment for Uttering a Forged Instrument — APPEAL PROM KNOX CIRCUIT COURT. John Colson was Convicted oe Uttering and Publishing a Forged Instrument and he Appeals. The writing which the appellant is charged with uttering and publishing is as follows: “Barboursville, Ky., July 27, 1900.— Mr. John Colson — Sir: I want you to come heare sometime when they is nobody hear, I have got something to tell you. It is about what you saw at mother’s, an’ don’t fail to come. You can come some nite when they hant nobody hear. ELLEN GOODIN.” This indictment is drawn under section 1188, Kentucky…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE WHITE
Reversing.
Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of uttering and publishing a forged instrument. His punishment was fixed at six years in the penitentiary, and he appeals. There was a demurrer to the indictment, which was overruled, and the sufficiency of the indictment is seriously questioned here. The instrument that was charged to have been forged and uttered and published by appellant is a letter purporting to have1 been written by Ellen Goodin, inviting the appellant to her house for a private conversation. . It reads: “Barbourville,…
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