State v. Maxwell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Delaware Circuit Coxirt. The defendant was convicted of the crime of forgery and appeals to this court. The facts of the case, so far as they are necessary to a proper understanding of the questions ruled, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
i. ommifAi. iteration. ' I. The indictment charges defendant with the forgery with an intent to defraud, of a receipted account, whicli purported to discharge him from a debt of $17.15. It appears from the testimony that one Gliesendorf held an account against defendant for $10.90, who claimed that it was paid, and presented the receipted account, alleged in the indictment to be forged, as evidence of payment. In a suit upon the claim, brought before a justice of the peace, he setup payment and supported this defense by the account, receipted as aforesaid, and testified that it was given upon…
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