The People v. Routson

Plaintiff in error, John Routson, was indicted at the January, 1933, term of the circuit court of Fulton county upon five counts, the first of which charged the forgery of a township treasurer’s bond required by statute to qualify the plaintiff in error as such township treasurer, and the second count of which charged the uttering of the same bond. Upon motion the last three counts of the indictment were quashed and the plaintiff in error was tried before a jury and convicted upon the first two above mentioned. Upon motion by the State’s attorney, and over objection of the plaintiff in error,…