Legal Opinion

Bradford v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided January 15, 1896PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County. Plaintiff in error, John A. Bradford, was tried in the district court of Arapahoe county upon an information charging him with the crime of forgery. In the first count it is charged in substance that he did falsely and feloniously make and forge a cheek of the tenor following, to wit: “ Denver, Colo., Sept. 24th, 1892. No..

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Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County. Plaintiff in error, John A. Bradford, was tried in the district court of Arapahoe county upon an information charging him with the crime of forgery. In the first count it is charged in substance that he did falsely and feloniously make and forge a cheek of the tenor following, to wit: “ Denver, Colo., Sept. 24th, 1892. No.. “ The People’s National Bank, “ Pay to the order of John A. Bradford, 124.60-100 twenty -four e _60-100 dollars. “Henry Johnston. “ (Endorsed John A. Bradford.)” with intent to damage and defraud Henry Johnston, and some…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hayt

It appears from the record that after the case had been set for trial upon a number of dates and the trial upon each occasion continued, the case was finally set for trial upon the 18th day of January, 1892. Before the case was reached upon this latter date, the defendant interposed a petition for a change of venue. This petition was overruled, and this ruling of the court is challenged by plaintiff in error’s first assignment of error; but as neither the petition for a change *159of venue nor the affidavits filed in support thereof are preserved in the bill of exceptions, these papers are not…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Strader v. WhiteNebraska Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Wilber v. EicholtzSupreme Court of Colorado · 1880
  4. Wills v. WhittierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1858

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Ausmus v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1910
  2. Rutland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914
  3. State v. TaylorArizona Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Ziatz v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1970
  5. Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930

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