Wilson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of, second district, Ooahoma county. Hon. Samuel O. Oook, Judge. Wilson, the appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted of an attempt to commit forgery, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court fully states the facts of the case. Forgery is defined as “the false making’ or materially altering, with intention to defraud, any writing, which, if genuine, might apparently be of legal efficacy for the foundation of a legal liability.
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From the circuit court of, second district, Ooahoma county. Hon. Samuel O. Oook, Judge. Wilson, the appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted of an attempt to commit forgery, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court fully states the facts of the case. Forgery is defined as “the false making’ or materially altering, with intention to defraud, any writing, which, if genuine, might apparently be of legal efficacy for the foundation of a legal liability. The essence of forgery consists in making an instrument appear to be that which it is not.” Bouvier’s Law Dictionary. The…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhoon, J.
Wilson was convicted of an attempt to commit forgery, the court below properly charging the jury that it could not convict of the crime itself. The instrument of which attempt to commit forgery.is predicated is" a draft for “two and 50-100 dollars,” as written out in the body of it, having in the upper right-hand corner the figures “$2.50-100,” as is customary in checks, drafts, •and notes, and having plainly printed and stamped on the face of the instrument the words “Ten Dollars or Less.” Wilson, with a pen, put the figure “1” before the figure “2” in the upper right-hand corner, making…
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