People v. . Johnston
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, entered February 7, 1919, which reversed, for errors of law only, a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of Yew York rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of forgery in the second degree and granted a new trial. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, entered February 7, 1919, which reversed, for errors of law only, a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of Yew York rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of forgery in the second degree and granted a new trial. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The admission of the letter in evidence was not error. (I. C. Comm. v. Baird, 194 U. S. 25; People v. Richardson, 222 N. Y. 103; People v. Webster, 139 N. Y. 73; People v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Elkus, J.:
The defendant was convicted of uttering a forged one hundred dollar American Express Company check which had been issued by the company to one Emil Robitzek. The counter-signature of Robitzek was a forgery. The check was one of a series of twelve, each for the same amount, which had béen purchased by Robitzek from the express company in June, 1913. Rone had been countersigned by him, but they were lost or stolen within a day or two after their purchase. The defendant had possession of ten of these checks. He himself passed five of them on October 7, 1916, in five different stores by…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- People v. . RosenheimerNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- People v. . WebsterNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- People v. . HinksmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- People v. . RichardsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
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