People v. Elliott
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, James 0. Elliott, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the County of New York, entered on the 21st day of June, 1912, convicting the defendant of the crime of forgery in the second degree, and also from orders entered on the same day denying the defendant’s motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The indictment is in two counts, first, charging the forgery of a check on the Irving National Exchange Bank, dated December 28, 1911, for $8,250, purporting to be drawn by the Woodhouse Manufacturing Company, D. W. Woodhouse, Prop., and second, uttering the same knowing it to be forged. The fact that the instrument was forged is conceded as well as proved.
One Chester Errico, who was also indicted, had been for some time in the employment of the Woodhouse Manufacturing Company as bookkeeper and cashier. He was married and had children. He seems to have fallen into evil ways, to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. . EverhardtNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- People v. . ElliottNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- People v. ZuckerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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