Adams v. State

Niblack, J. —

This was a prosecution by indictment against Joseph J. Adams, under section 2204, R. S. 1881, for selling a promissory note to the Citizens Bank of Huntington, at Huntington, Indiana, knowing that one of the signatures to the note had been obtained by false pretences. Upon a former appeal to this court the indictment was held to be sufficient, and the judgment below quashing it was reversed. State v. Adams, 92 Ind. 116.

After the cause was remanded, and issue had been formally joined by the entry of a plea of not guilty, a panel of jurors was called to try it. A man known as…