Rudicel v. State

Counsel say that “A single proposition is urged for the reversal of this cause; that is, was the instrument forged such an one as would deceive or was calculated to deceive any one?”

Their contention is, as we understand them, that, as the appellant intended to defraud by forging the name of William E. Stephens, and instead of writing that name wrote the name “ Bill Stevens,” no case is made out, because, the instrument was not such as would deceive any person. We can not assent to this doctrine. It is true that the forged instrument must on its face appear to be one of some legal efficacy,…