Jennings v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; H. P. Heflin, Judge. Catherine Jennings was convicted of forgery in the second degree, and she appealed.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; H. P. Heflin, Judge. Catherine Jennings was convicted of forgery in the second degree, and she appealed. The following is the indictment: •The grand jury of said county charge that before finding of this indictment Catherine Jennings, with intent to injure or defraud, did falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit an instrument in writing, in words and figures substantially as follows: “Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 30, 1919. No. ---. Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. 61-8. Pay to the Order of E. B. Melton, $108.00 one hundred and eight dollars. Cresent News…
1Opinion of the CourtMerritt, J.
The defendant was indicted for forgery, was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than two nor more than three years.
[1] Error is claimed in the overruling of certain demurrers to the indictment. The indictment follows the form laid down for forgery in the second degree in so far as that form covers section 6910 of the Code. Form 62, page 670, of the Code 1907. There is no form set out for the latter part of section 6910, for uttering and publishing as true a check as set out in the indictment, and in drawing this latter part the solicitors evidently followed the…
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