Dean v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia; William T. Newman, Judge. Albert H. Dean was convicted of having altered a postal money order, in violation of Penal Code, § 218 (Comp. St. 1916, § 10388), and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
The plaintiff in error was convicted in the District Court for a violation of section 218 of the Penal Code, in having altered a postal money order, issued at Macon, Ga., on December 26, 1914, for the sum of $1, payable to Charles A. Wells at Atlanta, Ga.; the alteration consisting of raising it from $1, as issued, to $21, by writing the figure “2” before the figure “1” on the face of the money order, and by writing the word “twenty” before the word “one” where it appeared on the face of the order and its coupon.
The errors assigned and argued with earnestness and ability…
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