State v. Barkuloo

Citations

• 18 Wash. 52
• 50 P. 577
• 1897 Wash. LEXIS 104

Syllabus

<p>FORGERY—AUDITOR’S WARRANT—INDORSEMENT — FALSELY UTTERING _</p> <p>Falsely writing the name of the payee of a county warrant upon the back of the warrant as an indorsement constitutes the crime of forgery, under Penal Code, §63 (Bal. Code, §7128), which .provides that “Every person who shall falsely make, . . . alter, forge or counterfeit . . . any writing obligatory, . . auditor’s warrant . . . county order ... or assignment of any writing obligatory ... or any other instrument in writing . . . with intent to defraud, . . . shall be deemed guilty of forgery.”</p> <p>Uttering or publishing as true any such instrument, knowing the same to be false or .forged, with intent to defraud, is also forgery.</p>