Davenport v. People

Plaintiff in error as defendant in the trial court was charged by information with the crime of forgery. Trial to a jury resulted in conviction. Motion for new trial was denied and defendant sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. From the judgment and sentence he seeks re view, by writ of error.

Two grounds are urged by defendant upon which he relies for reversal: 1. That it was error to allow the witness Sparn to testify to a similar offense committed the day following the offense charged in the information, and 2. that the evidence does not support the verdict.

Taking up the points in…