State v. Barrett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Afjpeal from the Johnson District Court. Indictment for passing a counterfeit bank bill. The indictment charged that the defendant, on the 23d day of November, 1857, at, &c., to one Arthur W. Briggs, feloniously, willfully and unlawfully, did utter, pass, and tender in payment as true, a certain false, forged, and counterfeited bank bill, purporting to be a bank bill for the sum of ten dollars, issued by the Bank of Commerce, a corporation duly authorized for that purpose,…
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Afjpeal from the Johnson District Court. Indictment for passing a counterfeit bank bill. The indictment charged that the defendant, on the 23d day of November, 1857, at, &c., to one Arthur W. Briggs, feloniously, willfully and unlawfully, did utter, pass, and tender in payment as true, a certain false, forged, and counterfeited bank bill, purporting to be a bank bill for the sum of ten dollars, issued by the Bank of Commerce, a corporation duly authorized for that purpose, by the state of Ohio, (setting out a copy of the bill), the said defendant then and' there well knowing the said bank…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, C. J.
It is charged in the indictment, that the defendant did utter, pass, and tender in payment, &c., a certain false, forged, and counterfeit bank bill, &c., with intent to injure and defraud, &c. The defendant, by his demurrer, claims that the indictment is bad, for the reason that it fails to charge an intention to defraud any particular person. In this respect, the indictment is sufficient. Code, sec. 2928; The State v. Pierce, ante 231; The State v. Callendine, ante 288.
Nor is the indictment subject to the objection, that it charges more than one public offense, in violation of section 2917…
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