People v. McIntosh

’Melvin C. McIntosh, plaintiff In error, was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of the crime of forgery and was sentenced to the penitentiary. He sued out a writ of error in this case to review the judgment and assigned upon the record a number of alleged errors, which, with the exception of two, have been eliminated either by amendment of the record or stipulation of counsel. The two remaining questions are whether the venue was proved and whether the court erred in giving an instruction to the jury.

The facts proved and not controverted are as follows: On February 23, 1906,…