Thompson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa. Tried before the Hon. Wm. S. Mudd. Tbe indictment in tbis case charged that the defendant, before the finding thereof, “ falsely, and with the intent to injure or defraud, did forge an order purporting to be the act of one John A. Thompson, which order is in words and figures following: ‘474. Nutton Clumbus'St. July 25th, 1872, Boston, Mass. Mr. Moody, banker, Tuskaloos^, Ala.
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From the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa. Tried before the Hon. Wm. S. Mudd. Tbe indictment in tbis case charged that the defendant, before the finding thereof, “ falsely, and with the intent to injure or defraud, did forge an order purporting to be the act of one John A. Thompson, which order is in words and figures following: ‘474. Nutton Clumbus'St. July 25th, 1872, Boston, Mass. Mr. Moody, banker, Tuskaloos^, Ala. Please let my son, the bearer, have the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars of what I put in your bank the 20th of last October, 1871; and you will oblige, yours truly, John A.…
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, C. J.
— Forgery is the false making of a written instrument, for the purpose of fraud and deceit. Bouvier’s Law Die. vol. 1, 582. The instrument described in the indictment, and charged to be forged by the defendant, is an order in writing for the payment of money. Section 3635, Revised Code, declares that any person who, with intent to injure or defraud, forges any check, &c., is guilty of forgery. The order, in this case, charged to be forged, is a check within the meaning of said section 3635. A check is a written order, or request, for the payment of money, addressed to a bank or banker. The…
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