Hawkins v. State

Raney, C. J.:

The indictment charges “ that Tyler Hawkins, late of said county, laborer, on the 30th day of November, A. D. 1886, at and in the county, circuit and State *365aforesaid, with force and arms, with intent wilfully and wickedly to injure and defraud one David Jones, one order given by said David Jones to one H. K. Lewin for the payment to him, said Tyler Hawkins, four dollars and twenty-two cents, written in figures, to-wit: 4.22, one half in trade, and one half in money, did then and there forge, by altering the figures and changing them from 4.22 to 5.72, and that the said H. K.…