Louisell v. Benzie Circuit Judge
Louisell v. Benzie Circuit Judge
Opinion of the Court
One William Peak was arraigned by petitioner, as prosecuting attorney, before respondent, upon an information charging that on thé 25th day of October, A. D. 1904, he “feloniously did then and there utter and publish as true a certain false, forged, and counterfeit order for the payment of money, commonly called a check, which said false, forged, and counterfeited order for the payment of money, commonly called a check, is as follows, to wit:
“ ‘Traverse City, Mich., Oct. 16, 1904. No.-.
‘ ‘ ‘ Traverse City State Bank. Pay to the order of Hannah & Lay Merc. Co., $66.00, Sixty-six dollars.
[Sig.] “ ‘ Northern Mich. Transp. Co.
[Indorsed] “ ‘ Hannah & Lav Merc. Co.
“ ‘ James McDonald.’ ”
Counsel for Peak moved to quash this information, substantially for the reason that inasmuch as October 16, 1904, the date of the check, was Sunday, the check was void, and not the subject of forgery, whereby the uttering and publishing thereof was not a crime.
The court adopted this view, and entered an order-quashing the information, and remanding the defendant to the custody of the sheriff “for a period of twenty-four hours, in which to allow the prosecuting attorney to file new information, or take such other steps as he may deem proper.”
Within the 24 hours allowed by the order, petitioner himself swore to a complaint charging defendant, Peak, with obtaining money by false pretenses upon this same check. A warrant was issued, and such proceedings had thereon that Peak was bound over to the next term of court, commencing January 16, 1905, for trial. After
In view of the fact that petitioner has caused Peak to be bound over for trial, and can try him at the present January term of the Benzie circuit court for the offense of obtaining money under false pretenses upon the same check he was charged with uttering as forged, as well as for the other reasons assigned by respondent for his action under the second and third headings, we do not feel inclined to consider the question of the legal sufficiency of the information for uttering the forged check, but will deny the application for the writ.
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- LOUISELL v. BENZIE CIRCUIT JUDGE
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