Loehr v. People

Plaintiff in error and Ignatz Lederer were indicted under section 228 of the Criminal Code, which is as follows: “If any judge, justice of the peace, sheriff, coroner, clerk, recorder, or ■other public officer, or any person whatsoever, shall steal, embezzle, alter, corrupt, withdraw, falsify or avoid any record, process, charter, gift, grant, conveyance, bond or contract, or shall knowingly and willfully take off, discharge or conceal any issue, forfeited recognizance, or other forfeiture, or shall forge, •deface or falsify any document or instrument recorded, or any registry, acknowledgment…