Terry v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Campbell county, refusing, on February 27th, 1891, writ of error and supersedeas to judgment of county court of said county, rendered November 12th, 1890, upon an indictment for forgery, whereby Joseph 0. Terry, the plaintiff in error, was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for the term of two years. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
The indictment here is founded on section 3737 of the Code of Virginia, 1887: “If any person forge any writing * * * to *673the prejudice of another’s right, or utter, or attempt to employ as true, such forged writing, knowing it to be forged, he shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years.” This statute predicates the offence of forgery only of such writings as are, or may be, to the prejudice of another’s right, or by which another may he defrauded. It must sufficiently appear, from the description given of the writing alleged to have been forged, that it is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Powell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1854
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