Miller v. . People

The counsel for the prisoner claims that there was a variance between the indictment and the proof, in that the forged check produced at the trial bore the indorsement of the payees, while the indictment set forth the check only without the indorsement. There was no averment or proof that the indorsement was forged. The charge was of forging the check and uttering it as true. The check was a complete instrument without the indorsement. The indorsement did not form part of the check, but was a distinct contract. It constitutes no variance, though not set forth in the indictment. (Hess v. State…