Legal Opinion

Bell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided July 1, 1916No. A-2113Published

Appeal from District Court, Nowata County; Hon. T. L. Brown, Judge. John Bell was convicted of forgery, and appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.

The plaintiff in error, John Bell, wa£ convicted at the April, 1913, term of the District Court of Nowata county on a charge of forgery, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of ten years.

The indictment charges that John Bell and Robert Adair forged the name of Isaac Adair to a warranty deed in Nowata county on the 10th day of September, 1912.

The section of the statute under which this prosecution is brought is 2621 Revised Laws 1910, and is as follows:

“Any person who, with intent to defraud, forges, counterfeits or falsely, alters:

First. Any will or…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Black v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1860
  2. Rittmaster v. BrisbaneSupreme Court of Colorado · 1894
  3. Stallings v. NewtonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  4. Chambers v. WesleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  5. Maddox v. GraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1886

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