Dent v. State

The accusation charges that W. 0. Dent “did . . draw and utter a check on the First Bank of Nashville for the sum of $8.35 in favor of J. L. Harris when neither W. 0. Dent nor Mrs. W. 0. Dent had in said bank sufficient funds to meet said check, and thereby cheated and defrauded said J. L. Harris out of the sum of $8.35.” The defendant was convicted, and he excepts to the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial.

It appears from the record that the said check was payable to the order of J. L. Harris, and signed “Mrs. W. 0. Dent, by W. 0. Dent.” Mrs. J. L. Harris testified: that the…