Commonwealth v. Bachop
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 78½, April T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Warren Co., Sept. Sess., 1895, No. 7, sentencing defendant in prosecution for forgery. Defendant was indicted for forgery and uttering of a judgment note purporting to be made by one B. L. Anderson to the order of Jennie Cummings, and the indictment charged that said judgment note was uttered “with intent to defraud the said Jennie Cummings and to the prejudice of her right.”
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Appeal, No. 78½, April T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Warren Co., Sept. Sess., 1895, No. 7, sentencing defendant in prosecution for forgery. Defendant was indicted for forgery and uttering of a judgment note purporting to be made by one B. L. Anderson to the order of Jennie Cummings, and the indictment charged that said judgment note was uttered “with intent to defraud the said Jennie Cummings and to the prejudice of her right.” The judgment note was quoted at length in the indictment. Defendant moved to quash the indictment for the following reasons: 1st. The written…
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Orlandy, J.,
The defendant was convicted upon an indictment in which it was charged that he did fraudulently make, sign, utter and publish and was then and there concerned in the fraudulently making, signing, uttering and publishing of a written instrument, to wit: a judgment note for the payment of money, purporting to be made by one B. L. Anderson, payable one year after date, to one Jennie Cummings, or bearer, the tenor of which judgment note is as follows, that is to say:
“ $200.00. Warren Pa. Dec. 30, 1890
“ One year after date I promise to pay to Jennie Cummings or bearer Two…
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