State v. Koontz
West Virginia Supreme Court
Statement of the case by Woods, Judge : At the November term, 1886, of the Circuit Court of Nicholas county, Haymond Koontz was indicted for the crime of forgery.
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Statement of the case by Woods, Judge : At the November term, 1886, of the Circuit Court of Nicholas county, Haymond Koontz was indicted for the crime of forgery. The indictment contained two counts, in the first of which he was charged with feloniously forging in said county on the — day of-, 1886, a certain order on G. H. Alderson for the payment of three dollars, purporting to be made and signed by one M. H. Koontz, (setting out the order in hum verba,) with intent to defraud, to the prejudice of the rights of said M. H. Koontz, against the peace, etc. In the second count he was charged…
1Opinion of the Court
Woods, Judge :
Five grounds of error are assigned : First, in overruling the motion to quash the indictment; second, in permitting the jury to compare the signature of M. H. Koontz, written by him in the presence of the jury, with the signature to the forged instrument for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the writer thereof attempted to imitate the letter “M,” in the genuine signature, alleged to have been forged; third, in admitting certain testimony set forth in the bill of exceptions ; fourth and fifth, in refusing to set aside the verdict and to grant him a new trial.
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