KING v. KANJAMANADAN.

THE KING v. KANJAMANADAN.

Forgery-Indictment-Four counts of forgery at same time and place-Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 179 and 180 (1)-Offences charged not shown to be parts of same transaction-Misjoinder of charges-False entry of clerk in book kept by himself-Absence of evidence that entry was false-Penal Code, s. 453-" By the authority of a person "-Power of Supreme Court to amend indictment after verdict and to alter conviction-Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 171,172, 355.

   Where an indictment alleged more than three offences, but did not show on the face of it that they all formed one single continuous transaction,-

    Held that it was not open to the prosecution to prove that they were all committed in one and the same transaction.

    Where an indictment alleged forgery, but did not allege that the false document was made with the intention of making it to be believed that it was made by, or by the authority of, another,-

    Held, that such indictment was bad.

    Where upon a charge of forgery the evidence led disclosed that the entries were false, but did not show any intention on the part of the prisoner that the entries shou

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