Morearty v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Douglas county. Trie below before Scott, J. The facts are stated in the opinion. The instrument set out in the information, being of doubtful or uncertain validity, cannot be the subject of forgery except by the allegation of extrinsic matter.
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Error to the district court for Douglas county. Trie below before Scott, J. The facts are stated in the opinion. The instrument set out in the information, being of doubtful or uncertain validity, cannot be the subject of forgery except by the allegation of extrinsic matter. (1 Bishop, Criminal Law [5th ed.], sec. 748; Roode v. State, 5 Neb., 174; People v. Harrison, 8 Barb. [N. Y.], 560; Barnum v. State, 15 O., 717; People v. Galloway, 17 Wend. [N. Y.], 540; People v. Tomlinson, 35 Cal., 503; Rembert v. State, 53 Ala., 467; Dixon v. State,,81 Ala., 61; State v. Cook, 52 Ind., 574; State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
As a result of a trial during the May, 1895, term of the district court of Douglas county the plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of forgery and was sentenced to be imprisoned for a term of one year in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $100. To obtain a review of the proceedings therein the plaintiff in error brings the cause to this court on petition in error.
*654The information filed contained two counts, the first of which charged as follows:
“ That on the 8th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1894, Edward E. Morearty, late of the couuty of Douglas aforesaid, in the county of…
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