State v. Dufour

The indictment in this case contains nine counts, variously charging the appellee with forgery in making and uttering a deed conveying certain lands, and with forging and uttering the certificate of acknowledgment by a justice of the peace, appended thereto.

A change of venue was prayed for by the appellee from, and granted by, the presiding judge, who appointed John D. Haynes as judge pro tempore, to try the case.

On motion of the appellee, the State’s attorney was then required to elect on which of the counts in the indictment he would go to trial. Under this requirement, he elected to try…