State v. Barnett

— This case came to this court on a clerk’s transcript. The defendant, W. Thomas Barnett, in a county attorney’s information, was charged with uttering a forged instrument.' He entered a plea of not guilty and was placed on trial and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Defendant excepted to certain instructions given and asked for a new trial. Same was denied and sentence was pronounced on October 30, 1948, imposing a fine of $1000 and in default thereof that defendant be imprisoned in the county jail of Polk County, Iowa, for a period of three hundred thirty-three (333) days. Defendant…