State v. Hopkins
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment in two counts. The first count alleged that on August 1, 1876, the respondent forged the name of Charles H. Green on a bill of exchange for the sum of #541.10, payable to said Green, on the Fire Association of Philadelphia. The second count alleged that he altered and put off said bill with the name of said Green so forged upon it. Plea, not guilty, and trial by jury, June Term, 1877, Caledonia County, Ross, J., presiding.
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Indictment in two counts. The first count alleged that on August 1, 1876, the respondent forged the name of Charles H. Green on a bill of exchange for the sum of #541.10, payable to said Green, on the Fire Association of Philadelphia. The second count alleged that he altered and put off said bill with the name of said Green so forged upon it. Plea, not guilty, and trial by jury, June Term, 1877, Caledonia County, Ross, J., presiding. The utterance of said bill was admitted, and the only question was whether the signature of said Green thereto was genuine. It appeared that at the time of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, J.
The respondent was tried upon an indictment charging him in the first count with having, on the first day of August, 1876, forged and counterfeited the name of Charles H. Green upon a bill of exchange for the sum of 1541.10 payable to said Green, and drawn upon The Fire Association of Philadelphia, and in the second count with having uttered and put off the same bill of exchange with the name of said Green so forged and counterfeited upon it. The utterance and putting off of said bill of exchange were admitted, and the only question in the…
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