State v. Riebe

The indictment is as follows:

“Frederick C. Riebe is accused by the grand jury of the county of McLeod, and state of Minnesota, by this indictment, of the crime of forgery, committed as follows, to wit: That on the 17th day of August, 1879, the said Frederick C. Riebe had in his possession an accountable written receipt for money, showing the receipt by one Gotlieb Kopp from one Mrs. Nelly Seymour of the sum of $740 on the 16th day of August, 1879, which said receipt has been destroyed by the act and procurement of said defendant, and a more particular description of which is unknown to the…