Gordon v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of tbe County Court of Augusta county, rendered October 2, 1901, whereby tbe plaintiff in error was sentenced to tbe penitentiary for two years, on a conviction of forgery.
1Opinion of the Court
Whittle, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
At the October term, 1901, of the County Oo-urt of Augusta county, tbe grand juay returned an indictment against J. W. Gordon for forgery, under section 3737 of tbe Code.
There were two counts in tbe indictment. The first count charged that, on July 6, 1901, J. W. Gordon, having in bis possession a certain order for tbe payment of money, commonly caEed a check, purporting to be the order or check of tbe said J. W. Gordon upon the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Staunton, for the payment of ten dollars, which was of tbe following purport and effect:
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