United States v. Low

The defendant, named in the indictment as “George Low,” pleads in abatement misnomer, in that his true name is “George K. Lowe.”

[1] The absence of the middle initial “K” is no misnomer. Edmundson v. State, 17 Ala. 179: 52 Am. Dec. 169; 29 Cyc. 265, and cases cited; 14 Enc. Pl. & Pr. 275-276; 21 A. & E. Enc. L. 2d. ed., 307; Clark Crim. Proc., 145-146. See Keene v. Meade, 3 Pet. (U. S.) 1, 7; Games v. Dunn, 14 Pet. (U. S.) 322, 326; Dunn v. Games, 8 Fed. Cas. 98 (No. 4,176): 1 McLean, 321; Choen v. State, 52 Ind. 347: 21 Am. Rep. 179, 181, note. The reason of the rule is often given as the…