Jordan v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Elmore Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. James Q. Smith. The appellant, Jordan, was indicted under § 3643 of the Revised Code of Alabama, for countersigning a paper “ for the purposes of money, or for general circulation, without authority of law.” The indictment contained a copy of the paper charged to have been countersigned, which was in the following words and figures: — “ Tallassee Manufacturing Co. Store. Good for (15) Fifteen Cents, (15) in Merchandise.
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Appeal from Elmore Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. James Q. Smith. The appellant, Jordan, was indicted under § 3643 of the Revised Code of Alabama, for countersigning a paper “ for the purposes of money, or for general circulation, without authority of law.” The indictment contained a copy of the paper charged to have been countersigned, which was in the following words and figures: — “ Tallassee Manufacturing Co. Store. Good for (15) Fifteen Cents, (15) in Merchandise. On the book, W. O. Norrell. W. M. Jordan, Ag’t.” On the trial the proof showed that the original paper charged to have been…
1Opinion of the CourtJudge, J.
The appellant was indicted in the court below, under section 3643 of the Revised Code, for “ countersigning a paper partly written and partly printed, issued without authority of law, for the purposes of money, or for general circulation.”
The indictment purports to set forth a copy of the paper, charged to have been illegally countersigned by the defendant. Evidence was introduced to show the loss of the original, from which the copy was made, and that on diligent search it could not be found. The court then permitted the counsel for the State, against the objection of the defendant, to read…
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