Peterson

The defendant was convicted of the crime of forgery. She moved for a new trial, which motion was denied, whereupon she was sentenced to imprisonment at the state prison for a term of years. She prosecutes this appeal from the judgment.

The information alleges that the defendant, on or about the seventh day of March, 1911, at the city and county of San Francisco, state of California, “did then and there willfully, unlawfully, feloniously, falsely, fraudulently, and with intent to prejudice, damage and defraud the Frankenau Investment Company, a corporation . . . make, alter, forge and counterfeit a certain” promissory note. After setting forth a copy of the note,rthe information further alleges that “she, the said Inez C. Peterson, . . . well knowing the same to be false and forged, did,” at the said time and place, “willfully, unlawfully, feloniously, falsely, fraudulently, and with intent to prejudice, damage and defraud” the said corporation, “utter, publish and pass the same as true and genuine to said” corporation.

To this information defendant interposed a general demurrer, which was overruled; and this ruling is now assigned as error.

It will be observed that the first…