title:
The Territory of Washington, Plaintiff vs Wm M White, Defendant, Brief and argument for respondent.
title:
7
creator:
The Territory of Washington
contributor:
Stratton
contributor:
Fenton
date:
1890-05-20
publisher:
Washington State Supreme Court
type:
Criminal
subject:
Criminal
language:
eng
format:
application/pdf
description:
Prior History: Appeal from District Court, King County.Indictment for forgery against William M. White, verdict of guilty, and defendant sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary. Defendant appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion. Forgery – Indictment – Juror – Evidence – Instructions – An indictment for forgery which correctly sets forth a copy of the forged draft, with the exception of the figures cut therein, is not defective, the figures cut in the draft, in a legal sense, being no part of the instrument.An indictment charging that defendant uttered and published as true a certain false and forged writing, which is set out in full in the indictment, is sufficient to warrant proof of the alteration of an instrument originally genuine.Where a juror states that he has impressions as to the merits of the cause about to be tried, it is not error to exclude his answer to the question, whether or not such impressions are favorable to defendant.Where the defense, in the examination of a witness, has called out part of a conversation, the prosecution may call either party to it in order to prove the entire conversation.Although there may be isolated sentences in an instruction which, in themselves, are objectionable, and the instructions probably intimate to the jury the opinion of the trial judge as to the value of some portions of the evidence, yet, if the instructions clearly give the jury to understand that the facts are exclusively for them, and, taken as a whole, fairly state the law applicable to the evidence introduced, the judgment will not be reversed.
relation:
White v. Territory, 1 Wash. 279 (1890)
relation:
24 P. 447
rights:
These materials are public records. Please see Washington State Court Rules: General Rules 31 for details https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_31_00_00.pdf
