Tennessee Supreme Court April 15, 1841 (Snell v. State)

Reese, J.

delivered the opinion of the court.

' This is an indictment for forgery. The forged instrument, as set out, is a receipt or acquittance in the following words, to wit: “Received of Stephen Snell, sheriff and tax-collector, sixteen hundred dollars and seventy-three cents, part of the revenue for 1836 and 1837. H. Bradberry, Trustee for Henderson county, Ten.