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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

State v. Brunson.
    On an information for forgery, the person in whose name the forgery is, cannot be a witness to prove the forgery.
    IueoRmation for a forgery. It was determined, that tho person in whose name the instalment is forged, cannot he a witness to prove the forgery. Also, that comparison of the handwriting of the party, is admissible evidence in a criminal prosecution; and like all other evidence to be left to the triers to weigh and consider.
   In an information v. B. Howard, for a forgery; Bradway, in whose name the note was forged, was not admitted to testify, although the note had been found by judgment of court not to be his note. Windham, March Term, 1789.