Brown v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. Arthur A. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This was an indictment for forgery, found by the grand jury of Warren county against plaintiff in error and one Robinson. Plaintiff in error was arrested, arraigned, and tried by the court and a jury, found guilty and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary at hard labor for one year. To reverse that judgment the record is brought to this court on error, and various grounds are urged for reversal.
On the trial the prosecution offered in evidence the instrument alleged to have been forged, when accused objected on the ground of a variance between the indictment and the instrument offered.
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