State v. Douglas

This cause comes to this court upon exceptions filed by the prosecuting attorney, for the decision of this court upon the rulings of the court of common pleas of Jefferson county during the trial of Alexander C. Douglas upon a charge of uttering and publishing a forged in strument with intent to defraud. The indictment was not based on a charge of forgery, but upon a charge of uttering and publishing a forged instrument.

At the trial it was developed by the state’s witnesses that the defendant, Douglas, was a broker, having dealings with a firm in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he had a credit…