Commonwealth v. Hall
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 20, Feb. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Tioga Co., Sept. T., 1902, No. 4, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John M. Hall. Indictment for forgery. Before Niles P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the ease. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Errors assigned among others were (1) in refusing to quash the indictment; (13-17) portions of charge, quoted in the opinion of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
By section 169 of the Penal Code of March 31, 1860, Purdon (12th ed.), p. 506, it is made a misdemeanor for any person to “ fraudulently make, sign, alter, utter or publish or be concerned in the fraudulent making, signing, altering’, uttering or publishing of any written instrument, other than notes, bills, checks *106or drafts already mentioned, to the prejudice of another’s right with intent to defraud any person or body corporate, or fraudulently cause or procure the same to be done.”
In the present case the indictment charges the defendant in a single count as follows:…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Kilrow v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
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