Stewart v. State

The traverser was indicted under sec. 101, Art. 30, of the Code, which provides for the punishment of any one who shall steal any “bond,” f bill of exchange,” “hank note,” “promissory notes,” “checks,” and “certificates granted by or under the authority of this State or of the United States.”

The indictment charged the traverser with stealing “ certain promissory notes for the payment of money,” and to support this charge the State offered in evidence a “silver certificate” of the denomination and value of twenty dollars, issued by the authority of the United States. The question is whether…