Case ID: root_1/html/0171-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

State v. Gibbs.
    If an information for counterfeiting' is not exhibited within a year from the commission of the offense, it is good cause for arresting judgment.
    INFORMATION for counterfeiting a final settlement note of $1,000.
    Plea — Not guilty. Verdict — That he was guilty.
    Motion in arrest —That said offense is laid in the information, and in fact was committed more than one whole year, before any legal prosecution was instituted against him.
   Judgment — Motion sufficient, for tbe statute is positive tbat sucb information is void and of no effect.