State v. Hanscom
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Multnomah: T. A. Stephens, Judge. The defendant F. A. Hanscom was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of obtaining the signature of another to a writing, the false making whereof would be punishable as forgery, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of eighteen months.
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Appeal from Multnomah: T. A. Stephens, Judge. The defendant F. A. Hanscom was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of obtaining the signature of another to a writing, the false making whereof would be punishable as forgery, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of eighteen months. From this judgment he appeals, assigning as errors the action of the trial court in overruling his demurrer to the indictment, admitting incompetent and rejecting material testimony, refusing to instruct the jury to acquit, and in giving certain instructions. The indictment charges, in substance,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moore.
1. The defendant’s first contention proceeds upon the theory that, the bill of exchange having been drawn to the order of Woodard, Clarke and Company, it must be presumed to have been executed by the defendant in payment of his preexisting debt to them, and that they indorsed it for value, and the failure to allege that Woodard, Clarke and Company indorsed it for the defendant’s accommodation renders the indictment fatally defective, wherefore the court erred in overruling his demurrer thereto. In support of this-proposition the defendant cites the case of People…
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- People v. HerrickNew York Supreme Court · 1834
- McGinnis v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
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- Tappan v. BrownNew York Supreme Court · 1832
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