Case Name: Hicken v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1894-04-15
Citations: 96 Ga. 759
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hicken v. The State.
Judges: Simmons, O. J., dissenting.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 96
Pages: 759–759

Head Matter:
Hicken v. The State.
April 15, 1894.
Argued attbe last term.
Indictment for forgery. Before Judge Clark. Fulton superior court. September term, 1894.
J. E. Robinson, W. I. Heyward and Alonzo Field, for plaintiff' in error.
C. D. Hill, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Lumpkin, J.
An indictment charging that the accused did " make and forge the following check for money, to wit:
'No. 26. Marietta, Ga., July 17th, 1894.
'The First National Bank pay to the order of Mrs. Anna Lyons twenty-five dollars 00-100.
' $25-1°0V E. O. Henderson,'
meaning O. E. Henderson of the firm of Henderson and Austin," etc., is not a good indictment for forgery. It does not charge the forgery of the name of any person alleged to be actually in existence, but at most only charges a mere intention to forge the name of a real person bearing the name of O. E. Henderson, and shows on its face that this intention failed of accomplishment.
Simmons, O. J., dissenting.
Judgment reversed.