Everage v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Covington Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Cleve Everage was convicted of forgery, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Covington Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Cleve Everage was convicted of forgery, and he appeals. The indictment charges that Cleve Everage, with intent to injure or defraud, did falsely make, alter, or forge an instrument in writing in words and figures as follows: Here follows the regular injunction bond, executed by Everage to W. A. Campbell and others, to enjoin the enforcement and collection of three executions against the said Everage, then in the hands of the sheriff, issued by the Court of Appeals in favor of W. A. Campbell, and against the said Everage. The…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
Defendant was indicted for having forged an injunction bond approved by a special register.
The defendant requested the general charge upon the grounds that the crime had not been proven; that there was a variance, in that the indictment charged a forgery of the entire instrument while the evidence showed, if anything, nothing beyond the forgery of a signature to the bond; that the bond was not of legal efficacy.
(1, 2) The venue was sufficiently shown. “It is not necessary to prove in express terms that the offense was committed in the *108county where the indictment was found. Evidence from which…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Rembert v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Karr v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Hobbs v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Powell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Savage v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
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