Lessley v. State

The appellant was convicted in the court below of the criminal offense of forgery in the second degree, and from the judgment of conviction pronounced against him he prosecutes his appeal to this court.

The indictment preferred against the defendant in the trial court charged him with the forgery of a certain alleged check, which is set out in the indictment, and which appears to be set out in hæc verba in the record before us on appeal.

The defendant demurred to the indictment, and by said demurrer challenged the apparent validity of the instrument set out in the indictment as a check: First,…