Peak v. State

The appellant Peak was charged under Acts 1905, ch. 169, §491, p. 584, being §10-3603, Burns’ 1956 Eeplacement, with making a false certificate as a Notary Public to a deed purported to be executed by Dean Burton to Lawrence A. Peak and Geneva A. Peak, the parents of the appellant Peak. He was tried by jury, found guilty as charged and sentenced to not less than one [1] nor more than three [3] years in the Indiana State Prison and fined in the sum of one thousand dollars [$1,000.00].

The error first assigned is that the court erred in overruling appellant’s motion to quash the indictment. The…