Morris v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Lowndes circuit court. Rogers, J. The plaintiff in error was indicted in the court below, at the April term, 1846, for forgery. The indictment contained four counts: 1st. “ Making and forging a promissory note, commonly called a bank bill,” reciting the same, “ with intent to defraud the Bank of the State of North Carolina 2nd.
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Error to Lowndes circuit court. Rogers, J. The plaintiff in error was indicted in the court below, at the April term, 1846, for forgery. The indictment contained four counts: 1st. “ Making and forging a promissory note, commonly called a bank bill,” reciting the same, “ with intent to defraud the Bank of the State of North Carolina 2nd. With “uttering and publishing as true, a forged promissory note, commonly called a bank bill, with intent to injure and defraud the Bank of the State of North Carolina,” reciting the same ; 3rd. With “ having in his possession a forged promissory note of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Thacher, J.:
This is an indictment preferred by the grand jury of Lowndes county against A. Morris, charging him in four counts: 1st. With the forgery of a bank-note of the Bank of the State of North Carolina. 2d. With uttering and publishing as true a forged bank-note of the Bank of the State of North Carolina. 3d. With having in his possession certain forged bank-notes of the Bank of the State of North Carolina, with the intent to utter the same. 4th. Comprising allegations, similar to those of the third count.
The verdict of the jury was, that the prisoner was guilty upon the second, third…
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