Allen v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. . The indictment in this case was for the forgery of an order, or instrument of writing, in these words: “ Tonsmeire <& Graft; Let Mr. Allen, the bearer, have what articles he wants; present bill to be paid, on 1st of month, at my office;” which was dated April 19th, 1883, and purported to be signed by “ George Spaulding, steamboat agent.”
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From the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. . The indictment in this case was for the forgery of an order, or instrument of writing, in these words: “ Tonsmeire <& Graft; Let Mr. Allen, the bearer, have what articles he wants; present bill to be paid, on 1st of month, at my office;” which was dated April 19th, 1883, and purported to be signed by “ George Spaulding, steamboat agent.” The first count of the indictment charged that the defendant, “ with the intent to injure or defraud, did falsely make or forge an instrument in writing, purporting to be the act of George…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
— The instrument described in the indictment is one by which a pecuniary demand or obligation purports to be created, and the false making of it, with intent to defraud, is forgery in the second degree. — Code of 1876, § 4340. And the indictment is sufficient. — Johnson v. The State, 35 Ala. 370; Thompson v. The State, 49 Ala. 16; Jones v. State, 50 Ala. 161; Rembert v. The State, 53 Ala. 467; Anderson v. The State, 65 Ala. 553; Brown v. The State, 52 Ala. 345.
It is here objected, that the City Court ordered too many *560additional jurors to be drawn and summoned, to supply the deficiency in the…
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- Shelton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
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