State v. Leo
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans— Baker, J. Defendant has appealed from a sentence to the penitentiary at hard labor for two years “for the crime of uttering and publishing as true a false, altered, forged and counterfeited bond.”
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APPEAL from the Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans— Baker, J. Defendant has appealed from a sentence to the penitentiary at hard labor for two years “for the crime of uttering and publishing as true a false, altered, forged and counterfeited bond.” In the indictment upon which he was tried and convicted it was charged that he “feloniously did utter, tender and publish as true a certain false, altered and counterfeited bond, the tenor -of wEch said bond is as follows, to-wit: “I, the undersigned, agree to stand .as security for Jos. M. Leo, to the amount of his contract, twenty-two…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nioholls, O. J.
Section 833 of the Revised Statutes, after declaring that whoever shall forge, or counterfeit, or falsely make or alter, or shall procure to be falsely made, altered; forged'or counterfeited, or shall aid, or assist in falsely making, altering, forging or counterfeiting certain instruments which were specially enumerated, proceeds as follows: “Or shall alter (utter?), or publish as true any such false, altered, forged or counterfeited record, certificate, or attestation, charter, deed, will, testament, bond, letter of attorney, policy of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
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