Phelps v. . People
New York Court of Appeals
Error to the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, to review judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court iu the third judicial department, affirming judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of the county of Albany, entered upon a verdict convicting the plaintiff in error of the crime of forgery in the third degree. (Reported below, 6 Hun, 428.) The facts appear sufficiently in the opinion.
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Error to the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, to review judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court iu the third judicial department, affirming judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of the county of Albany, entered upon a verdict convicting the plaintiff in error of the crime of forgery in the third degree. (Reported below, 6 Hun, 428.) The facts appear sufficiently in the opinion. In an indictment for forgery, the instrument alleged to be forged should be set forth in words and figures, or some sufficient reason alleged why it is not. (2 East P.…
1Opinion of the CourtRapallo, J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted of forgery in the third degree, for having made a false entry in a book of accounts kept in the office of the State Treasurer, whereby, in an account in such book between the Treasurer and the Mechanics and Farmers’ Bank of Albany, the latter was debited with a deposit or transfer of the sum of $200,000.
The plaintiff in error was a clerk in the office of the Treasurer, having the title of cashier. His duties were to receive moneys and securities belonging to the State, which came to the hands of the Treasurer, and to deposit them in bank ; to keep the…
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