Legal Opinion

Langdale v. People

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 30, 1881PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig

This was an indictment by the grand jury of Logan county against Charles R. Langdale, for passing a fictitious school order.

The indictment was framed under sec. 107, chap. 34, Rev. Stat. 1874, which declares: “Whoever shall make, pass, utter or publish, with an intention to defraud any other person, or with like intention shall attempt to pass * * * any fictitious bill, note or check purporting to be the hill, note or check, or other instrument of writing for the payment of money or property, of some hank, corporation, copartnership or individual, when in fact there shall be no such bank,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StevensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1804
  2. Riley v. DickensIllinois Supreme Court · 1857

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
  2. Bader v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
  3. People v. TildenIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  4. In Re Estate of FeldmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
  5. People v. LewingerIllinois Supreme Court · 1911

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