State v. Weaver
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardin District Court. — Hon. C. E. Albrook, Judge. The charge in the indictment was that the defendant “having in his possession a certain false and forged real estate mortgage, and knowing the same to be false and forged, said mortgage being in words and figures following, to wit [here follows the copy of the alleged mortgage], did then and there utter and pass the same as true, with the intent then and there to defraud, contrary to the statute in such case…
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Appeal from Hardin District Court. — Hon. C. E. Albrook, Judge. The charge in the indictment was that the defendant “having in his possession a certain false and forged real estate mortgage, and knowing the same to be false and forged, said mortgage being in words and figures following, to wit [here follows the copy of the alleged mortgage], did then and there utter and pass the same as true, with the intent then and there to defraud, contrary to the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the state of Iowa.” The defendant pleaded not guilty, and at the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
*405i. Criminal law: uttering forged instrument: evidence of offense. *404The sole question raised on this appeal is as to the sufficiency of the indictment; and the sole objection relied upon is that the indictment failed to state the name of the person to whom the instrument was uttered *405and passed or to state that the name of such person was to the grand iurors unknown, or to otherwise designate the facts constituting the alo o leged uttering. The statute defines the offense as consisting of the uttering and publishing as true any instrument such as is described in the preceding section as an…
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