State v. Willard
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Howell Circuit Court. — How. W. N. Evans, Judge. (a) The first count of the information is sufficient in form and substance.
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Appeal from Howell Circuit Court. — How. W. N. Evans, Judge. (a) The first count of the information is sufficient in form and substance. It is drawn under Sec. 2001, R. S. 1899. If the word “feloniously” appeared just after the word “wilfully” in the first part of the information, it would a,ppear better as to form, yet this count charges that the forgery and alteration were done “with the intent then and there feloniously to injure and defraud, against the peace and dignity of the State.” The element essential is to charge that the forgery and alteration were done with a felonious intent.…
1Opinion of the Court
GANTT, P. J. —
This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence of the circuit court of Howell county.
On the 31st of July, 1907, the prosecuting attorney of Howell county filed in the circuit court of said county an amended information in three counts charging the defendant in the first count with having made and altered a certain check on the 31st day of May, 1907, under the name of F. M. "Willard, payable to one Hamon Judd, on the First National Bank of West Plains, Missouri, for the sum of twenty dollars, dated May 29, 1907. The second count charged the defendant with having sold, exchanged…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Johnston v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1841
- State v. DeffenbacherSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- Eaton v. VaughanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1846
- State v. HesseltineSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
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- State v. WillardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
- State v. BennettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1923