Brown v. People

Citations

• 86 Ill. 239

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal law—forgery—record. No indictment can be founded upon an instrument purporting to be a decree of divorce, which, on its face, does not appear to be a copy of the record.</p> <p>2. To authorize an indictment for forgery, the instrument alleged to have been forged must be such as, if genuine, would be effective.</p> <p>3. Same—fictitious decree. The Criminal Code has prescribed no punishment against one for making a fictitious decree of divorce from a court of another State.</p>