State v. Swan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J. :

The appellant, Henry Swan, was convicted of forgery in the second degree. His motion to quash the information was overruled, and a demurrer sustained to his plea in abatement of the action. A verdict of guilty was returned as to each of the two counts of the information. The court below granted a new trial on the first count, and sen. tenced the defendant under the second. The conviction was had under paragraph 2257 of the General Statutes of 1889 (Gen. Stat. 1897, ch. 100, § 143). The second count charges:

' “That on or about the 17th day of…