State v. Clinton

Norton, J

—Defendant was indicted in the circuit court of Phelps county, at its February term, 1877, for forgery in the third degree, in forging a promissory note of' one Robert F. Springer, for the sum of $5,500. Defendant was duly arraigned at the February term, 1878, of said court, put upon his trial, which resulted in a verdict of guilty, and a judgment assessing his punishment at five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, from which he has appealed to this court. We give the following summary of the tendency of the evidence and the proceedings in the cause in the trial court, from…