Supreme Court of Louisiana June 23, 1908, No. 17,136 (State v. Barrett)

PROVOSTY, J.

The first part of section 833, Rev St., makes it a crime to “forge or counterfeit, or falsify, make or alter” certain named instruments, with intent to injure or defraud; and the second part of the section makes it a crime to “alter or publish” as true any of these same instruments when forged, with the same intent.