Territory of Oklahoma v. Delana and Beacom
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Appeal from the District Court of Canadian County. On the 22d day of December, 1894, there was returned int.o the district court of Canadian county, by the grand jury thereof, a certain indictment against John Delana and Charles W. Beacom, in words and figures as follows, to-wit: “INDICTMENT No. 299. “ Territory of Oklahoma v. John Delana and Charles W. Beacom.
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Appeal from the District Court of Canadian County. On the 22d day of December, 1894, there was returned int.o the district court of Canadian county, by the grand jury thereof, a certain indictment against John Delana and Charles W. Beacom, in words and figures as follows, to-wit: “INDICTMENT No. 299. “ Territory of Oklahoma v. John Delana and Charles W. Beacom. “Of the November term of the district court of the Second judicial district of the Territory of Oklahoma, within and for Canadian county, in said Territory, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, the grand…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Scott, J.:
Counsel for the territory contend that the court below committed - error in sustaining the defendant’s demurrer to the indictment. The prime question is, does the indictment state a public offense? Did the facts set out in the indictment amount in law to forgery? The determination of these questions will decide the case.
Maxwell, in his work on Criminal Procedure, holds that:
“Forgery may be committed by any writing which, if genuine, would form the basis of another man’s liability or evidence of his right.”
Is the instrument or certificate set…
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