Pearson v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 87 — Prosecution against Major Pearson fob Forgery. — > APPEAL FROM OWSLEY CIRCUIT COURT. Defendant Convicted and Appeals. 1. Our contention in this ease is that the indictment charges ¡no crime. The writing which appellant is charged with publishing, is as follows: “Green Hall, Kentucky, January 4, 1904. — This is to certify that I have given Major Pearson, or consented for him and my daughter, Fanny P. Eavans, to marry. You are authorized to issue license to him.
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Case 87 — Prosecution against Major Pearson fob Forgery. — > APPEAL FROM OWSLEY CIRCUIT COURT. Defendant Convicted and Appeals. 1. Our contention in this ease is that the indictment charges ¡no crime. The writing which appellant is charged with publishing, is as follows: “Green Hall, Kentucky, January 4, 1904. — This is to certify that I have given Major Pearson, or consented for him and my daughter, Fanny P. Eavans, to marry. You are authorized to issue license to him. JOB EAVANS.” 2. A writing to he the subject of forgery must he one which, if genuine, purports to be worth something, that…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
CHIEF JUSTICE BURNAM —
Reversing.
The appellant,. Major Pearson, was indicted bv the grand jury of Owsley county for the crime of uttering and publishing as true a. forged writing purporting to have been signed by Joh Eavens, consenting that the clerk of the Owsley county court should issue a license authorizing the marriage of his infant daughter, Fanny P. Eavens, to the appellant, and that the clerk of the Owsley county court, relied upon the genuineness of the writing, issued a license for the marriage of the appellant, Major Pearson, and the infant, Fanny P. Eavens. A…
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