Johnson v. State

Citations

• 47 Fla. 35

Syllabus

<p>1. A written instrument in the following language:</p> <p>“Mr. Alex Sapp</p> <p>Please let Jim have $1.00 in trade and oblige,</p> <p>C. H. Rogers.</p> <p>$1.00. P. S. Will pay Thursday,” is “an order for money or other property” within the meaning of the forgery statute, sections 2479, 2480, Rev. Stats, of 1892.</p> <p>2. Instructions given by the trial court, not excepted to otherwise than by being embraced in the motion for a new trial, can not be reviewed by the appellate court where there is no bill of exceptions exhibiting such motion even though the clerk may have inserted it in the transcript.</p>