Hall v. State

Demurrers to the indictment were properly overruled. Code 1923, § 4121, and section 4556, form 62; Jennings v. State,17 Ala. App. 640, 88 So. 187.

A bill of lading issued by a common carrier, is "any instrument or writing, being or purporting to be the act of another," within the meaning of section 4121, Code 1923, the false and fraudulent making of which is forgery in the second degree.

On the trial of this case the defendant offered no testimony, and when the evidence was all in the court, at the request of the state, in writing gave this charge:

"The court charges the jury that if they…