Clark v. State

Indictment charging the plaintiff in error with fixing a fraudulent value on his property liable to taxation, under s. 90, c. 53, R. S. 1843.

Upon a trial by a jury, he was found guilty. Motions for a new trial, and in arrest of judgment, overruled, and judgment on the verdict.

On the trial, one Forkner was offered as a witness on behalf of the state, to prove the number and value of the articles of personal property owned by Clark on the 1st day of January, 1846.

The witness testified that at the time mentioned, he lived near Clark, and was then well acquainted with his personal property; that…