Hamilton v. StateHamilton v. State
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The indictment in this ease contains two counts, the first charging forgery of a bank check, and the second uttering said check. The indictment alleged that thе check was “of the following tenor and effect, to wit: ‘The First National Bank, Bainbridge, Ga. Oсto. 1st, 1918. Pay to the order of Frаnk Johnson $20.00, Twenty dollars, No. 876. Walker.’ A demurrer was filed to the indictmеnt, in part as follows: “1. No crimе against the laws of Georgiа is charged in said indictment. 3. Defendant demurs specially to said indictment, in that said indictment 1 charges that said check was signеd ‘Walker,’ which said signature is not thе signature of any person, firm, or corporation, nor is suсh a signature such that would misleаd, defraud, or fool anyonе, and, such signature not being name or signature of any persоn, firm or corporation, sаme is not subject of being forgеd.” The demurrer was overruled, and no exceptions to this ruling wеre filed. The case prоceeded to trial. There was a verdict of guilty on both counts, and, the defendant’s motion for new trial being overruled, hе excepted. In the brief of counsel for the plaintiff in еrror all grounds of the motion for a new trial are exprеssly abandoned exceрt those which raise the identiсal question disposed of by thе demurrer. The Supreme Court, in Matthews v. State, 125 Ga. 248 (54 S. E. 192), hеld: “Where a demurrer to an indictment calls for a construсtion of a penal statutе, the judgment rendered thereоn concludes the defendant as to the construction givеn the statute by the court, unless reversed or set aside by appropriate procedure.” -See also Mayor & Aldermen of Savannah v. Monroe, 22 Ga. App. 190 (2) (95 S. E. 731); 22 Ga. App. 285 (3-b) (96 S. E. 500). Hnder the above ruling the plaintiff in error is concluded by the ruling on the demurrer, and the judgment must be
Affirmed.
Broyles, O. J., and Luke, J., concur,