Case Name: McCOMBS v. THE STATE
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1900-01-24
Citations: 109 Ga. 500
Docket Number: 
Parties: McCOMBS v. THE STATE.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 109
Pages: 500–501

Head Matter:
McCOMBS v. THE STATE.
1. On the trial of an indictment founded upon section 233 of the Penal Code,, charging the forgery of an order for goods but containing no allegation that the goods described in the order had value, evidence showing that such goods were valuable was not admissible.
Submitted December 18, 1899.
Decided January 24, 1900.
Indictment for forgery. Before Judge Henry. Floyd-superior court. July term, 1899.
J. S. Crawford and Henry Walker, for plaintiff in error.
Moses Wright, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
The indictment in the present case was framed' under section 233 of the Penal Code, and purported to charge-the defendant with the offense of forgery. While it alleged that she forged an order for certain described goods, it failed to allege that they were of any value. Under the ruling made in the case of Johnson v. State, ante, 268, this indictment was fatally defective. There being no allegation that the goods were of any value, there was nothing to authorize proof of their value; and it was therefore error in the court to admit evidence going to show that the articles referred to in the order were valuable. See 2 Bish. New Crim. Pro. § 187.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concurring.