State v. Jefferson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.

The State appeals from a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the indictment against the defendant, charging him with forgery.

The grounds set forth to quash the indictment are:

1. That the charges laid in the indictment are too vague, uncertain and indefinite to warrant the prosecution.

2. That the instruments, papers or orders charged to have been forged, uttered and published, have not the requisites of orders, as shown on their face, and could not serve to defraud anyone.

3. That said instruments are of no effect, and are such that forgery…