State v. Imboden
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson County Criminal Court. — Hon.- Jno. ~W. Wofford, Judge. (1) This evidence does not even tend to prove that the draft was signed at all, much less signed by someone as an .officer of the Harbine Rank. State v. Stowe, 132 Mo. 199; State v. Yerger, 86 Mo. 33; State v. Eay, 65 Mo. 490. (2) Under the rule laid down in State v. Stowe, 132 Mo. 199, this indictment must fall.
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Appeal from Jackson County Criminal Court. — Hon.- Jno. ~W. Wofford, Judge. (1) This evidence does not even tend to prove that the draft was signed at all, much less signed by someone as an .officer of the Harbine Rank. State v. Stowe, 132 Mo. 199; State v. Yerger, 86 Mo. 33; State v. Eay, 65 Mo. 490. (2) Under the rule laid down in State v. Stowe, 132 Mo. 199, this indictment must fall. The witness, Plancock, was before the grand jury; they had an opportunity of eliciting from him a correct description of the draft that they attempted to introduce in evidence; there is no excuse for their…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
Charge, forgery in the second degree; result of trial, verdict of guilty as charged in the first count of the indictment and defendant awarded a term of ten years in the penitentiary.
The count referred to is the following: “The grand jurors for the State of Missouri, in and for the body of the county of Jackson, upon their oath present that. Leonard B. Imboden, late of the county aforesaid, on the tenth day of *86January, 1899, at tbe county of Jackson, State of Missouri, feloniously did forge, counterfeit and falsely make a certain false, forged and counterfeit draft, purporting to be made by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Carpenter v. SnellingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Cross v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
- State v. StoweSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
- Miller v. . PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Bumpass v. TaggartSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1870
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- Malcomson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
- United States v. DardenU.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Military Review · 1992
- Watters v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1990
- Muhammad v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
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