Goodman v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. M. McEwen, Judge, presiding. Edward Goodman, plaintiff in error, was indicted, jointly with Harry Young and William Shepherd, in the criminal court of Cook county, for forgery, and for uttering as true and genuine a false and forged railroad pass.
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Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. M. McEwen, Judge, presiding. Edward Goodman, plaintiff in error, was indicted, jointly with Harry Young and William Shepherd, in the criminal court of Cook county, for forgery, and for uttering as true and genuine a false and forged railroad pass. A motion to quash the indictment was sustained as to the first count, which charged forgery, and was overruled as to the second, which charged the uttering of the forged instrument. A nolle prosequi was entered as to Young, and the jury acquitted Shepherd and found Goodman guilty under…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
The first and most important question relates to the sufficiency of the second count in the indictment. The objection urged to the indictment is, that the writing set out is not such an instrument as the court can see, from an inspection, would have a tendency to defraud, and that there is no averment of extrinsic facts to aid the court to determine its fraudulent tendency.
Forgery has been variously defined. Blackstone defines forgery to be the fraudulent making or altering of a writing to the prejudice of another’s rights. (4 Blackstone’s Com. 247.) Wharton defines forgery to be the…
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