State v. Wooderd
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moines District Court. Forgery: what essential to the crime: entries IN BOOKS OF DECEASED PERSONS AS EVIDENCE: INTENT TO defraud : PROOF OF, &c. — The defendant was indicted for fraudulently altering two receipts. With the alleged alter* ations, the receipts are of the tenor following: “Received, February 28, 1863, of W. Woodward, four hundred dollars, to be applied to the payment of J. Long’s notes. $400. Robert Armstrong.”
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Appeal from Des Moines District Court. Forgery: what essential to the crime: entries IN BOOKS OF DECEASED PERSONS AS EVIDENCE: INTENT TO defraud : PROOF OF, &c. — The defendant was indicted for fraudulently altering two receipts. With the alleged alter* ations, the receipts are of the tenor following: “Received, February 28, 1863, of W. Woodward, four hundred dollars, to be applied to the payment of J. Long’s notes. $400. Robert Armstrong.” “Received, April 16, 1863, of Mr. W. Wooderd, two hundred dollars, on account of interest and principal of notes on J. Long. $200. ROBERT ARMSTRONG.” On…
1Opinion of the CourtDillon, J.
i! crimiÍ Srntim oí genuine receipt. The defendant’s attorney makes the point that the whole case, take it in any view of it, does not establish a,erime. This objection, if well founded, would dispose of the cause. It will, therefore, • ' bQ first examined. We. state the defendants .argument on this point in the language of his attorney.
*547“ Those paper receipts” (so the attorney argues) “gave defendant no legal claim against the estate of Armstrong. They could not as a legal fact be fruitful of any advantage-to defendant as regards the estate of Armstrong.
“ The law will not presume an intent to…
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