Chambers v. State

NESBETT, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted on seven counts of a multiple count indictment charging him with uttering and publishing forged deeds and offering forged deeds for recording all in violation of statutes of Alaska.

Appellant’s first point on appeal is that as to counts two, five, twelve and fifteen the indictment does not charge a crime because uttering and publishing a deed was not a violation of the law by the terms of the statute under which the state was prosecuting.

Section 65-6-1 ACLA1949 1 which was in force at the time of the acts complained of in the indictment provided…