Raymond v. People
Colorado Court of Appeals
Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County. The defendants, George R. Raymond and James P. Hadley, were indicted for forging and uttering an alleged city warrant. There were twelve counts in the indictment and each count substantially sets forth, in terms and' figures, the warrant which it is alleged was forged and uttered. The warrant is in the following words and figures: “ Auditor’s Office, City of Denver. Ho. E. 1974. “Treasurer of the City of Denver.
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Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County. The defendants, George R. Raymond and James P. Hadley, were indicted for forging and uttering an alleged city warrant. There were twelve counts in the indictment and each count substantially sets forth, in terms and' figures, the warrant which it is alleged was forged and uttered. The warrant is in the following words and figures: “ Auditor’s Office, City of Denver. Ho. E. 1974. “Treasurer of the City of Denver. Pay to Joslin & Son or order $3.50, three 50 — dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for-, and charge…
1Opinion of the CourtRichmond, P. J.
The principal contention of defendants’ counsel is that the indictment is insufficient in this: That the warrant alleged to have been forged and altered was void upon its face, and that forgery could not be predicted upon a void instrument; that special counsel, Belford and Yeaman, not being district attorneys or deputies, and not having been employed by the county commissioners of Arapahoe county, or any other county, but having been selected by the court as special counsel, were clearly without authority to appear before the grand jury, and in the prosecution of the defendants after…
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