State v. Barrett
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Andrew Jackson Murff, Judge. George Barrett and another were convicted of publishing a forged instrument, and they appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The first part of section 833, Rev St., makes it a crime to “forge or counterfeit, or falsify, make or alter” certain named instruments, with intent to injure or defraud; and the second part of the section makes it a crime to “alter or publish” as true any of these same instruments when forged, with the same intent. The charge against defendant is that with said intent he did “utter and publish” as true a forged instrument of the kind, named. He demurred, on the ground that the indictment did not set forth any crime known to our law; and, as on a previous indictment he had been tried and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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