Legal Opinion

State v. Buck

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided September 22, 1882PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Floyd Circuit Court. Indictment for forging a promissory note for the amount of $100. To the indictment the defendant, Henry, pleaded guilty, and from tbe judgment rendered tbereon appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Sbevers, Oh. J.

i. indict-3WÜ2NT • dllpiicity cured, -I. There were two counts in the indictment, one for forging a promissory note and the other for uttering the same note. No objection was made ^ ^ to the indictment in the District Court, and the defendant, Henry, in the first instance pleaded not guilty. A jury was impaneled to try such issue, but before the introduction of any evidence the district attorney dismissed the count for uttering, and thereupon the defendant, Henry, pleaded guilty to the court for forgery. It is now urged no legal conviction can be sustained on the indictment…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. McCormackSupreme Court of Iowa · 1881

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Foot v. District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1928
  2. State v. McAninchSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
  3. State v. HortmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  4. State v. ReillySupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
  5. State v. Hygeia Ice Co.Lucas County Court of Common Pleas · 1906

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