Ex parte Finley
California Supreme Court
Application for a writ of habeas corpus. The defendant had been convicted of the crime of uttering a forged writing—a certified copy of a decree of divorce. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court,
1Opinion of the Court
The Court.
It is contended by petitioner that the information charges no crime, because it avers no intent to defraud in the making of the writing alleged to be forged. But if this omission be conceded, the instrument set out m the information is alleged to be a forged one, and the petitioner is charged with uttering it, knowing it to be forged, and with the intent to defraud George Wager. If the felonious intent was formed after the writing and seal were simulated, the offense of uttering it was complete if the intent existed when it was uttered. The suggestion is that it is no offense to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. TomlinsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
- Commonwealth v. ParmenterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
3Cited by11 opinions
- People v. MunroeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
- People v. McGladeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
- People v. McPhersonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1907
- Lewis v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1990
- United States v. Gregory Vincent HuntCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
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