Chidester v. State
Ohio Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Summit county. At the October term, 1874, the plaintiff in error was indicted for forgery.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Summit county. At the October term, 1874, the plaintiff in error was indicted for forgery. The indictment, which contained but one count, charged him with having feloniously, unlawfully, and falsely made, forged, and counterfeited a certain order for the delivery of goods and chattels, “ which said false, forged, and counterfeitecl order is lost; which, said false, forged, and counterfeited order is of the purport, effect, and value following, to wit: Akron, May 2,1874. Mr. Schroeder: — Please let Mr. Borswick have his clothes, and I will hold his pay…
1Opinion of the CourtRex, J.
The errors assigned upon the record, as grounds *436for the reversal of the judgment, present two questions for the determination of this court:
1. Does the indictment charge the plaintiff in error with the commission of an offense against the provisions of section 22 of the crimes act, as amended by the act of March 24, 1865 (S. & S. 264) ?
The section of the statute under which the indictment was found, among other offenses therein described, makes it an offense for any person to falsely make, forge, counterfeit, etc., any order, warrant, or request for the delivery of goods and chattels, with…
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- State ex rel. Hartshorn v. WalkerOhio Supreme Court · 1848