Leach v. State

1..A copy of a check, embodied in a count of the in. dictment charging that the accused uttered as true a forged check, showed the date of the check as being January 24, 1924. A check dated January 24, 1925, was introduced in evidence over the objection that its date was different from the date of the check embodied in the count of the indictment under discussion. “A written instrument set forth according to its tenor in an indictment must be proved as alleged;” hence, where an indictment for uttering a forged cheek contained a copy of the check, including the date, and it was not charged…