People v. Sanders

W. A. Sanders was indicted for forging the name of William Wootton in a draft upon ICutner-Gnldstein Co. for the sum of fourteen hundred dollars, payable to the order of said Sanders, and for uttering and passing the said draft, knowing the same to be false and forged. From the judgment of conviction, and from the order denying him a new trial, he prosecutes these appeals.

The story, as told by the evidence in this case, is extraordinary and, in some respects, without parallel. The defendant.is a man nearly sixty years of age, who has resided in this state for more than half of his lifetime.…