Garmire v. State

There are two counts in the indictment upon which the appellant was convicted; one charges the forgery of the instrument of writing set forth, and the other charges the appellant with feloniously uttering the forged instrument. The instrument reads thus:

“ LaGrange, June 19th, 1881.

“ Mr. Allen — Please let A. Garmire have team to go to

Mongo, and charge same to me. T. Hudson.”

We regard this instrument as within the provisions of our statute defining the crime of forgery, for we think it is not merely a request for the delivery of property, but that it is a *445writing obligatory promising to pay…