Peak v. State

240 Ind. 334 (1960)

163 N.E.2d 584

PEAK

v.

STATE OF INDIANA.

No. 29,722.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed January 11, 1960.

Rehearing denied March 10, 1960.

Frank I. Hamilton, of Greensburg, for appellant.

Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General, and Owen S. Boling, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

ARTERBURN, C.J.

The appellant Peak was charged under Acts 1905, ch. 169, § 491, p. 584, being § 10-3603, Burns' 1956 Replacement, with making a false certificate as a Notary Public to a deed purported to be executed by Dean Burton to Lawrence A. Peak and Geneva A. Peak, the parents of the appellant Peak. He…