State v. Plotner
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Ron. E. E. Porter-field, Judge. (1) If. the making of the entry set out in the information was a crime, it was not defendant’s crime, but Kornfeldt’s, for all the evidence is that the entry was made in direct violation of defendant’s instructions.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Ron. E. E. Porter-field, Judge. (1) If. the making of the entry set out in the information was a crime, it was not defendant’s crime, but Kornfeldt’s, for all the evidence is that the entry was made in direct violation of defendant’s instructions. Bishop New Criminal Law (8 Ed.), sec. 637 and note; 1 Wharton on Criminal Law, sec. 647; State v. Lucas, 55 Iowa, 321; Watts v. State, 5 W. Ya. 532!; State v. May, 142 Mo» 152. (2) There was no intent to defraud. The entry was not made for such purpose, did not carry out, nor aid in effectuating such purpose, hut…
1Opinion of the Court
The defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, of forgery in the third degree, in violation of Section 4653, Revised Statutes 1909, and appealed. The amended information on which he was tried (caption and signatures omitted) is as follows:
"Now comes Hunt C. Moore, prosecuting attorney for the State of Missouri, in and for the body of the County of Jackson, and upon his oath informs the court that John Edward Kornfeldt and James A. Plotner, whose Christian names in full are unknown to said prosecuting attorney, late of the county aforesaid, on the 14th day of September,…
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