Kellum v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction upon an indictment which charges the uttering of a forgery. The instrument in question was a check drawn on First National Bank of Greenville, purportedly signed by F. J. Smith or G. J. Smith, payable to S. L. Stone, and endorsed “S. L. Stone ’ ’ on the back thereof. It was negotiated at the mercantile establishment of A. M. Hytken in Indianola, Mississippi, where the person passing the check obtained some wearing apparel and approximately $30 in cash.

At the conclusion of the evidence for the State appellant made a motion to exclude the evidence and direct…