Sprouse v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of the judge of the circuit court of Albemarle county refusing to award a writ of error and supersedeas to judgment of county court of said county, rendered August 8, 1885, on a verdict of a jury on an indictment against John W. Sprouse (plaintiff in error) for forgery, finding him guilty thereof, and fixing the period of his imprisonment in the penitentiary at two years.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted in the county court of Albemarle county for the forgery of a check and the endorsement thereon, and the altering the said check and the endorsement thereon.
The indictment contained two counts. The first count charged the forgery of the check and the endorsement, and the second charged the altering of both. Upon the trial the accused moved the court to quash the indictment; which motion the court overruled, and the accused pleaded not guilty, was convicted, and 'sentenced to be confined in the penitentiary two years. Upon application to the circuit court of…
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