John v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted for forging an indorsement upon a draft, and on the trial was convicted. A motion in arrest of judgment was made, upon the ground that there was no allegation that the draft was stamped, and that *505being set out in full in tbe indictment, it did not appear to be stamped.

Tbe authorities cited by counsel show, that to forge an instrument wbicb upon its face is of no validity or binding force, does not constitute tbe crime of forgery. And indeed no authorities would seem necessary for so plain a proposition. So soon as it appears that tbe alleged draft is no…