Crump v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

The indictment in this case charged the defendant with the offense of forgery. It contained but one count, and the instrument alleged to have been forged was set out in haec verba. The specific charge was confined to the forgery of said instrument by the defendant. The form in the Code was not followed, there being no charge, “or with intent to injure or defraud did utter and publish as true the said falsely altered, forged, or counterfeited [instrument], knowing the same to be so altered, forged or counterfeited.” Code 1940, tit. 15, § 259, form 63.

Notwithstanding…