Commonwealth v. Bailey

This is an indictment charging that the defendant “ with intent to injure and defraud did utter and publish as *584true a certain forged instrument purporting to be a promissory note well knowing the same to- be forged.” The indictment contains two counts,- charging the same offense on two different dates. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty, and, before, the empanelling of the jury, filed a motion to quash “ for want of sufficient allegations in form and substance,” and because the indictment did not set out in either count “the instrument or instruments alleged to have been forged ” or “…