Legal Opinion
Shope v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 17, 1898PublishedCited by 15 opinions
Indictment for forgery. Before Judge Henry. Chattooga superior court. July 11, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
The indictment in this case was based on section 243 of the Penal Code. It charged Shope with forging a certain instrument by filling the blanks in a printed-form, which was as follows; “Trion Manufacturing Company, Trion, Ga.,...,.....189... Marks. Numbers. Weight. Prices.
From.................................... Weigher,.........” so as to make the same read thus: ,
“Trion Manufacturing Company, Trion, Ga., Nov. 30th, 1897.
“Marks. Numbers. Weights. Prices.
4738 542 5 1/4
4739- 514 5 1/4
4740 492 5 1/8
4741 -501 5 1/4
4742 410 5 1/8
“From J. H. Hale. Weigher, O. D. H.”
*2271. Counsel for the accused…
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