116 Tenn. 711 | Tenn. | 1906
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The indictment in this case was rested on a very in-artificial paper, the body and signature of which were typewritten and in the following words, to wit: “April 13, 1905. Mr. Robert Woods, please let John Bradley have that suit and I will see that it is paid for the 17th of this month. $8.00. [Sighed] Mr. A. D. House, Agent, own hand print.”
Mr. Wharton, in his work on Criminal Law (volume 1, section 605), says: “That aside from writing by pen and ink, forgery may be committed by printing, by pencil writing, by the use of another’s seal, by pasting one name on a note over another name, by photographic process, and by engraving or preparing materials for engraving . . .” This text of the author is abundantly supported by authority. We have no doubt of the soundness of the rule there announced.
It follows that the trial judge, in quashing the indictment, erred. His judgment is therefore reversed, and the case is remanded for trial.