Legal Opinion
Cook v. State
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided October 29, 1921No. Criminal No. 512PublishedCited by 2 opinions
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the County of Maricopa. R. C. Stanford, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtFlanigan, J.
The appellant was convicted of the crime of forgery, under an information which charged the uttering, passing, and publication of a certain forged bank check of the following tenor:
“Florence, Arizona, April 30, 1920, No. 508
PINAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 91-80
Pay to the Order of A. C. Cook $50.00
x x x x ONLY FIFTY x x x x DOLLARS
(signed) C. G. Powell.”
*56Upon the trial there was offered in evidence by the state, in support of the charge, an instrument in form as follows:
“ARIZONA STATE PRISON
C. Gr. Powell, Supt.
Florence, Arizona, April 30, 1920, No. 508
PINAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 91-80
Pay to the…
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