Parker v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Grundy county; the Hon. F. Goodspeed, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court 1
' Mr. James K. Edsall,
Attorney General, for the People:
It is the c'ommon practice to include in the same indictment counts for the forgery, and also for uttering or passing the same forged instrument. Arch. Crim. Pl. (* 356,) p. 424; Hoskins v. The State, 11 Ga. 92; Pate v. The People, 3 Gilm. 645; The People v. Rynders, 12 Wend. 427.
In the case of Pate v. The People, 3 Gilm. 645, the court affirmed a conviction where, the prisoner was found guilty on an indictment containing two counts—first, for the forgery, and second, for uttering the forged paper, and sentenced for nine years.
2. The only…
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