People v. Todd

Foote, C.

The defendant was convicted of a forgery of a will, and from the judgment rendered against him this appeal is prosecuted.

The only point made for the reversal of the judgment is, that the court erred in not sustaining the defendant’s demurrer to the indictment. It is claimed that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a public offense.

To sustain this contention, the defendant asserts that the alleged forged will, which is set out in the indictment, does not show upon its face in what way Minerva J. Todd, the wife of the testator, the person alleged to have been injured, could…