This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol10 Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Wills, Administration", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
It is not essential to show that the accused intended to defraud the particular person named in the indictment.249
According to this principle it is not necessary to allege to whom nor by whom the forged instrument was passed.250 But in some states the contrary is the rule.251 Generally there are two persons who may be defrauded, the one whose name is forged and the one upon whom the instrument is passed.252
 
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