Langford v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. G. H. Craig, The appellant, Lewis Langford, was indicted for obtaining by false pretenses the signature of William M. Brooks to a written instrument “commonly called an appeal bond.”
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. G. H. Craig, The appellant, Lewis Langford, was indicted for obtaining by false pretenses the signature of William M. Brooks to a written instrument “commonly called an appeal bond.” The indictment was as follows : “ The State of Alabama, ) Criminal Court, Dallas county. f December term, 1870. “ The grand jury of said county charge, that before the finding of this indictment, Lewis Langford did falsely pretend to William M. Brooks, with the intent to defraud, that John T. Morgan had promised to sign a certain instrument in writing,…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
This indictment is based on section 3715 of the Revised Code. It is a prosecution in the nature of a proceeding on a charge of forgery. No form, for such an offense, is to be found in the schedule of forms given in the appendix of the Code. Such an indictment should state the facts constituting the offense in ordinary and concise language. — Rev. Code, §§ 4112,4126,3715. This particularity is required in order to protect the defendant against the jeopardy of a second trial for the same offense. Const. Ala. 1867, article 1, § 11; 1 Bish. Cr. Proc. §§ 268, 269. “ Precision in the description of…
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