Chahoon v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
On the 4th of June, 1870, being the May term of the court, in the court of Hustings for the city of Richmond, an indictment for forgery was found against ‘George Cliahoon. The indictment contained four counts.
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On the 4th of June, 1870, being the May term of the court, in the court of Hustings for the city of Richmond, an indictment for forgery was found against ‘George Cliahoon. The indictment contained four counts. The first count was for the forgery of a bond purporting to be signed by Solomon Haunstein, prom ising to pay to John W. Thompson or order, on demand, the sum of seven thousand dollars, and dated the 1st of April, 1861. The second count was for uttering and attempting to employ as true the said bond, with intent to defraud. The third count was for forging an endorsement of the name of…
1Opinion of the Court
Upon the first point the judges were divided, and delivered opinions upon it. On the other points they concurred in opinion, and on these points Moncure, P., delivered the judgment of the court.
Moncure, P.
The first error assigned in this case is, the refusal of the court to remand the accused for examination before a justice of the peace, when he was arraigned, to answer the indictment found against him.
This assignment of error rests upon the view, that, as the law now stands, a person accused of felony, no matter how accused, and even though accused by an indictment found by a grand jury in…
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- Matthews v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1868
- Shelly v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1870
- Kemp v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1868