State v. Browder

James Earl Browder appeals from a judgment of conviction on multiple counts of forgery.

Appellant freely admitted at the trial, and in written briefs here, that he signed the name of Byron D. Hunt to checks on Hunt’s bank account, but insisted that Hunt had authorized him so to do. This Hunt emphatically denied. Hunt testified, however, that he had lost both his wallet and checkbook.

The court instructed:

“You are instructed that the adoption of another name or an assumed name is permissible if the purpose involved is an honest one. The burden is upon the defendant to show that he adopted the…