Labbaite v. State

The instrument which is alleged to be forged is set forth in hcec verba in the indictment, and is signed *484“White & Gibson.” The allegation in the indictment is, that it purports to be the act of White & Gibson, but neither sets out the given names of these parties, or either of them, nor alleges that their names are unknown, nor yet that they are a partnership, or firm, doing business under the firm and style of White & Gibson. Our statute, it is true, provides, with regard to forgery, “that the instrument must purport to be the act of another; and within the meaning of this word, as defining…