Legal Opinion
Zachary v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 2, 1911PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court; Daniel Hon, Judge; The indictment is bad on its face, charging two separate and distinct offenses. 48 Ark. 94, 103. The two offenses, forgery and uttering forged paper, may now be joined in the same indictment. Bell v. State was decided before the enactment of this statute. Kirby’s Dig. § 2231; 71 Ark. 82.
1Opinion of the CourtKirby, J.
The appellant was convicted of forging and uttering a forged instrument in the Fort Smith District of Sebastian County upon the following indictment:
“The grand jury of Sebastian County, for the Fort Smith District thereof, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, accuse the defendant, Jessie Zachary, of the crime of forgery, committed as follows, towit: The said defendant, in the county and district aforesaid, on the 10th day of July, 1910, unlawfully, fraudulently and feloniously did forge and counterfeit a certain writing on paper purporting to be a bank check, which said…
2Cited by4 opinions
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