Crane

People v. Crane

Good Law
1906 Cal. App. LEXIS 61·4 Cal. App. 142·87 P. 239
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 19, 1906Crim. No. 47.California1,556 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Harrison, J.

The information herein filed against the appellant charges him with having willfully and feloniously uttered and passed to Charles E. Noyes a certain false, forged and counterfeit check as the true and genuine check of the purported maker thereof, knowing the same to be false, forged and counterfeit, with the intent to defraud the said Noyes, “which said check is in the words and figures as follows, -to wit:

—and which was indorsed on the back thereof as follows: “Arthur Crane.” Upon the trial thereof the defendant was convicted of the crime of forgery, and has appealed from the judgment thereon and from an order denying a new trial.

1. The defendant demurred to the information on the ground that the facts stated therein do not constitute a public offense; and that the information does not state the particular circumstances of the alleged offense charged. No suggestion is made that any circumstances connected with the offense other than those stated are “necessary to constitute a complete offense”; and unless such is the fact the information is not demurrable under the provisions of section 952 (2), Penal Code.

It is urged, however, by the appellant that, as the information…

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