Godard v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Madison Circuit Court; J. S. Maples, Judge; 1. The indictment charges two separate offenses, and the demurrer should have been sustained. 48 Ark. 94, 104; 97 Ark. 176. The words and figures in the two counts descriptive of the instruments are material, and show in the second count the uttering of a different instrument from the one charged in the first count to have been forged. 58 Ark. 248. Moreover, the second count shows on its face that the transaction…
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Appeal from Madison Circuit Court; J. S. Maples, Judge; 1. The indictment charges two separate offenses, and the demurrer should have been sustained. 48 Ark. 94, 104; 97 Ark. 176. The words and figures in the two counts descriptive of the instruments are material, and show in the second count the uttering of a different instrument from the one charged in the first count to have been forged. 58 Ark. 248. Moreover, the second count shows on its face that the transaction constituting the offense took place in another State, and the court had no jurisdiction of the offense. 68 S. W. (Tex.) 988;…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellant was convicted of the crime of forgery under an indictment, which contained two counts, one for forgery and the other for uttering the forged instrument. In each count it is alleged that the names and signatures of W. C. Vaughn, T. J. Harp and Sam Ray, as trustees, and V. E. Ivie, as secretary of Clifty Lodge No. 551, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Clifty, Arkansas, were forged, and the same instrument was set forth in each count, save that the inscription upon the seal of the lodge in the first count shows that the lodge was instituted October 17, 1908, and in the other count…
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