State v. Ramsey

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The defendant is appealing from his conviction on a Bill of Information charging him with forgery,1 and his sentence thereunder to serve six years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. Of the several Bills of Exceptions reserved during the course of the trial, only two were perfected — Nos. 3 and 4.

We think these bills have merit. “Forgery is the false making or altering, with intent to defraud, of any signature to, or any part of, any writing purporting to have legal efficacy. * * * ” R.S. 14:72. Consequently, the trial judge erred when, by his ruling, he prevented…