Bishop v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From tlie Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hou. Nat. Cook. The prisoner, Alfred Bishop, was indicted at the spring term, 1855, of the circuit court of "Wilcox, for the forgery of a promissory note for $567, purporting to have been executed by one Charles R. Marshall, payable to one Charles Woodard, and endorsed by said Woodard; the indictment charging, in different counts, the forgery of the note, the forgery of the endorsement, and the uttering and publishing of…
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From tlie Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hou. Nat. Cook. The prisoner, Alfred Bishop, was indicted at the spring term, 1855, of the circuit court of "Wilcox, for the forgery of a promissory note for $567, purporting to have been executed by one Charles R. Marshall, payable to one Charles Woodard, and endorsed by said Woodard; the indictment charging, in different counts, the forgery of the note, the forgery of the endorsement, and the uttering and publishing of both as true, knowing them to be forged. The venue was changed, on the prisoner’s application, to Dallas county; and on…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The rule of practice numbered 20, on page 715 of the Code, is but a reprint of the same rule found in Olay’s Digest, page 609. Twenty-three rules, including the one under discussion, were adopted by the supreme court at the January term, 1838. They were styled “rules of practice in the circuit and county courts.” Although county courts had been abolished long before the adoption of the Code, yet we find these same rules, *39tlie caption unchanged, published as an appendix to the Code. Said rules are repealed by the Code, to the extent that any provision of the latter is inconsistent with the…
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- Ogletree v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
- Doe ex dem. Saltonstall v. RileySupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
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- Crist v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1852
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