State v. . Wolf
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for forgery tried before Mclver, J., and a jury at January Term, 1898, of Cabarrus Superior Court. The indictment was as follows: “The jurors, etc., present that defendant, etc., did williugly, falsely, and feloniously utter, publish, and ■ show forth in evidence as true a certain other forged, false, and counterfeited instrument in writing, purporting to be a mortgage, etc., as follows: “Dec. 4, 1897, I bought a cow from Emma Wolf, and gave her $15, and paid her…
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INDICTMENT for forgery tried before Mclver, J., and a jury at January Term, 1898, of Cabarrus Superior Court. The indictment was as follows: “The jurors, etc., present that defendant, etc., did williugly, falsely, and feloniously utter, publish, and ■ show forth in evidence as true a certain other forged, false, and counterfeited instrument in writing, purporting to be a mortgage, etc., as follows: “Dec. 4, 1897, I bought a cow from Emma Wolf, and gave her $15, and paid her $6, and gave her a mortgage on the cow for the balance, and she is a little Jersey cow with a bob tail; and I cannot…
1Opinion of the Court
Faircloth, C. J.:
This was an indictment for forgery in signing the names of the prosecuting witnesses to what purports to be a mortgage without their authority “with intent to defraud,” etc. There was evidence that neither the prosecuting witness nor his wife could read or write, and that they both authorized the defendant to sign for them a duebill for the $9 balance of purchase money. The court, after defining forgery and reciting the evidence, told the jury that “if they were satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant signed the names of B. 0. Atwell and Mrs. B. 0. Atwell to…
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