Legal Opinion
People v. Lewinger
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1911PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. ICicicham Scanlan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The plaintiff in error, Leo Lewinger, was found guilty by a jury on the third count of an indictment for forgery charging him with passing as true and genuine, a false, forged and counterfeit check or order for the payment of money. The court rendered judgment on the verdict by sentencing him to the penitentiary.
The following is a copy of the material portion of the check alleged to have been forged:
“The National Bank of the Republic.
“Pay to the order of Leo Lewinger................ .$2500/00
twenty-five hundred and no/ioo.......................dollars.”
Stamped across the face and indented…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lawless v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
- State v. LotonoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
- Commonwealth v. HideCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1893
- Riley v. DickensIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
- Langdale v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Poelcher v. ZinkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Philadelphia National Bank v. BuchmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- In Re Estate of FeldmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
- McIntosh v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919
- State v. NelsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1957
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