Legal Opinion

Wetzel v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided May 20, 1947No. 6 Div. 347PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARR, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction in the court below on an indictment charging forgery in the second degree. Title 14, Sec. 200, Code 1940. The indictment follows the form prescribed by statute. Title 15, Sec. 259, Subsec. 64, Code 1940.

The instrument alleged to have been forged is a contract, under the terms of which Will Toston and his wife, Lillie, purportedly promised and agreed to convey to appellant certain real estate. The said paper is set out in haec verba as a part of the indictment.

The sufficiency of the indictment cannot, therefore, be successfully…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1941
  2. Lipscomb v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1947
  3. McGee v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924
  4. Allsup v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916
  5. Overby v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1931

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Patterson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
  2. King v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954

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