State v. Shores

The opinion of the court was delivered by....Parker,.C. J.:

The undisputable facts leading up to the institution of this appeal are essential to a proper understanding of the single, issue involved and should be stated.. Following a full and complete trial, at which he was at all times represented by counsel, the appellant, Thomas J. Shores, was found guilty by a jury on two counts of second degree forgery. Thereafter, and on June 8, 1956, upon the overruling of his motion for a new trial, he was sentenced by the district court to confinement in the state penitentiary for the commission of the…