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State v. Crawford
13 La. Ann. 300
La.
1858
Check Treatment
Sfofford, J.

This case comes up on á single bill of exceptions.

The accused having been indicted for forging and for uttering as true a forged “ order for the payment of money,” which was set forth in luso verba in the bill of indictment, upon his trial excepted to the admission in evidence of an instrument corresponding exactly with that set out in the indictment, upon the ground that it was styled in the bill an “ order for the payment of money,” whereas it was in reality a “ check.”

The objection was properly overruled.

A check is an order for the payment of money. Burrill’s Law Die. verbo Check. Edwards on Bills and Notes, pp. 57,1.

And if there were any lack of definiteness or technicality in the name given to the instrument alleged to have been forged, it was cured by setting forth the instrument in full in the bill. Regina v. Williams, 2 Eng. Law and Equity Rep. p. 533.

Judgment affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: State v. Crawford
Court Name: Supreme Court of Louisiana
Date Published: May 15, 1858
Citation: 13 La. Ann. 300
Court Abbreviation: La.
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