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56 Ga. 604

Stephens v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 15, 1876

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1876-07-15

<p>Forgery. Verdict. Motion in arrest of judgment. Before Judge Knight. Fannin Superior Court. May Term, 1876.</p> <p>For the facts of this case, see the decision.</p>

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Decided 1876-07-15

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently July 1976

6 state decisions

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Warner, Chief Justice.

¶1The defendant was indicted for the offense of forgery, and charged in one count of the indictment with having falsely and fraudulently passed and uttered as true a certain false, forged and counterfeit order for goods. The jury, on the trial of the case, instead of returning a general verdict of guilty, returned the following'verdict: “We, the jury, find the prisoner guilty of passing a forged order, knowing it to be such.” A motion was made in arrest of judgment, which was overruled by the court, and the defendant excepted.

¶2This case comes within the ruling of this court in Couch vs. The State, 28 Georgia Reports, 367, and is controlled by it.

¶3Let the judgment of the court below be reversed.

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