State v. Rowen
Oregon Supreme Court
From Josephine: F. M. Calkins, Judge. Department 2. The defendant, R. J. Rowen, appeals from a judgment of conviction for the crime of forgery rendered in the Circuit Court for Josephine County.
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From Josephine: F. M. Calkins, Judge. Department 2. The defendant, R. J. Rowen, appeals from a judgment of conviction for the crime of forgery rendered in the Circuit Court for Josephine County. The charging part jof the indictment was substantially as follows : “R. J. Rowen and Paul Sands are accused by the Grand Jury of the County of Josephine, State of Oregon, by this indictment, of the crime of forgery committed as follows: “The said R. J. Rowen and Paul Sands, did on the second day of April, 1917, in the County of Josephine, State of Oregon, then and there being, and then and there…
1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.
Briefly stated, the claim of the defendant, R. J. Rowen, is that the indictment charges no crime; that the deed set forth in the indictment is a recorded deed; that anything antedating the date of filing the recorded deed is immaterial and incompetent ; that none of the exhibits offered in. evidence were admissible because they antedated the alleged forged recorded instrument; that the court should have sus-, tained the motion for a directed verdict in favor of the defendant; and that no testimony was admissible, especially as to' the certified copy of the deed claimed to have been forged,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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