Allen v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the lion. Tiios. M. Arrington. The defendant in this case was indicted for the forgery of a receipt, to which the name of W. Y. Bell was signed, and which was in these words’: “ $220.18. Received of Jack Allen two hundred and twenty dollars and eighteen cents, on his account, this Sept. 15, 1884.” The second count of the indictment charged that, before the finding thereof, “ Jack Allen did falsely, and with intent to defraud,…
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From the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the lion. Tiios. M. Arrington. The defendant in this case was indicted for the forgery of a receipt, to which the name of W. Y. Bell was signed, and which was in these words’: “ $220.18. Received of Jack Allen two hundred and twenty dollars and eighteen cents, on his account, this Sept. 15, 1884.” The second count of the indictment charged that, before the finding thereof, “ Jack Allen did falsely, and with intent to defraud, forge a receipt for the payment of money, purporting to” [be] “the act of one W. V. Bell, by which a pecuniary demand…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The indictment in this case was framed under section 4340 of the Code of 1876, and contains two counts. The offense, if sufficiently averred, is forgery in the second degree. There was a demurrer to each count, which the City Court overruled. The paper set out in each count is, in form, a receipt for money, paid on account by Jack Allen, to W. Y. Bell. The offense charged is, that Jack Allen did falsely forge said instrument, with intent to defraud ; and in each count it is averred-, that by such instrument, so alleged to be forged, a pecuniary demand purported to be discharged or diminished.…
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