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Kelly v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided January 10, 1915No. A-1919PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Blaine County; G. A. Brown, Judge. W. R. Kelly, was convicted of forgery in the second degree and appeals.

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Appeal from District Court, Blaine County; G. A. Brown, Judge. W. R. Kelly, was convicted of forgery in the second degree and appeals. The following information, omitting title, verification and endorsements was filed in the District Court of Blaine county: “In the name and by the authority of the State of Oklahoma: Now comes A. L. Emery, County Attorney, in and for the State and County aforesaid, and gives the court to know and be informed that one W. R. Kelly late of the County of Blaine and State of Oklahoma on the 24th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and…

1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.

In the view we have taken of the disposition necessary to be made of this case it is neither important nor necessary to consider more than one of the many questions presented in the record and briefs.

This record shows that the preliminary complaint before the magistrate and the original information filed in the District Court charged the forgery of the name of J. J. Kelly to a release of a real estate mortgage, and that they were framed under Section 2621 Rev. Daws, First Subd., which provides that:

“Any person who, with intent to defraud, forges, counterfeits or falsely alters:

First.: Any…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Shrum v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1999
  2. Marks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1976
  4. Ex Parte ConwayCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1947
  5. Potts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941

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