State v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Tenth District Court, Parish of Rapides. Andrews, J- The Southern Pacific Railroad transported certain furniture consigned to’ithe Woodfine Furniture Company, represented by the defendant, Murphy.
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APPEAL from the Tenth District Court, Parish of Rapides. Andrews, J- The Southern Pacific Railroad transported certain furniture consigned to’ithe Woodfine Furniture Company, represented by the defendant, Murphy. One piece, viz , a bedstead, was slightly damaged; Murphy had it repaired by Bragg & Rial, cabinet makers, and made out an account against Murphy, or the company which he represented, for the one dollar; Murphy changes the figure one to the figure five, making the account five dollars instead of for one dollar; he presents this account so altered and changed to the Southern Pacific…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Breaux, J.
The following propositions are those principally relied upon by the defendant in support of the ruling of the court a qua, maintaining the motion to quash and ordering the indictment quashed:
*418That the writing charged to have been forged is not included within the operation of the statute, under which the indictment was framed.
That the indictment does not, on its face, show any legal validity. That the indictment contains no averment which could give the instrument any force and effect beyond what the writing itself contains.
The defendant was…
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