Agee v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wilcox. Tried before the Hon. John Moore. ■The appellant in this case was tried and convicted under the following indictment: ‘-‘The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment, Reuben Agee did, with the intent to injure or defraud, falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit an instrument in writing, in words and figures substantially as follows, to-wit: ‘Oct. 18, 1895. Lamison ala. Mr. J-. T. Dumas.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wilcox. Tried before the Hon. John Moore. ■The appellant in this case was tried and convicted under the following indictment: ‘-‘The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment, Reuben Agee did, with the intent to injure or defraud, falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit an instrument in writing, in words and figures substantially as follows, to-wit: ‘Oct. 18, 1895. Lamison ala. Mr. J-. T. Dumas. Dear Sir Please lete Kinge Jackison trade nine dollars $975 cents nine dollars 75 cents to bee chird to E 0 Raines on mchindise,’…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
In the case of Washingtonv. The State, 63 Ala. 192, quoting from Sparrenberger’s Case, 53 Ala. 481, we said: “When it appears witnesses were examined by the grand jury, or the jury had before them legal documentary evidence, no inquiry into the sufficiency of the evidence is indulged.” The motion to quash the indictment was properly overruled.
The grounds of demurrer to the indictment were considered on the former appeal, (Agee v. The State, 113 Ala. 52) ; and we held that they were not well taken. The court did not err in admitting in evidence, the original instrument alleged to have been…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sparrenberger v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
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