State v. Curtis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Becker county, Sleeper, J., presiding, (before whom, acting for a judge of the 14th district, the trial was had,) refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
This is an indictment for forgery, which forgery, as alleged in the indictment, “consisted in indorsing the name of Rev. Fred. W. Smith upon a check dated March 8,1887, for the sum of fifty dollars, signed and drawn by J. A. Gilfillan, and payable to the order of Rev. Fred. W. Smith.” The defendant was found guilty as charged in the indictment. On the trial the check was offered in evidence, and appeared to be drawn upon the First National Bank of St. Paul. It was objected to on the ground that there was a variance between it and the instrument described in the complaint. There was no…
2Cited by9 opinions
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