People v. Biddison
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Samuel M. Biddison, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the county of Hew York in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the 6th day of April, 1909, convicting the defendant of the crime of forgery in the first degree, and also from an order ■denying his motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
In November, 1904, the defendant procured the incorporation of the “ Central Coal, Lumber and Construction Company ” in the District of Columbia, with a capital of $500,000 to buy and sell lands, lumber, coal and timber and to issue bonds on its assets, to sell stock or bonds and loan out the same and to do any other business connected therewith in accordance with its charter.
The defendant testified that he was one of the incorporators; that A. Graham Donnelly was another, and the three others lawyers’ clerks in Washington, members of an incorporating concern that did that business;…
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- The People v. . MannNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
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- People v. . UnderhillNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Noakes v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
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