State v. Bird

— The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain conviction is conceded. A review is called for only to the extent necessary for the proper consideration of-appellant’s claim that he did not rely upon an alibi as a defense, and thát the court erred in telling the jury that one of his defenses was an alibi.

I. The forgery alleged was the signing of the name of John Feaster to a receipt for a telegraphic remittance to Feaster of $30. This remittance was telegraphed from Eichland Center, Wisconsin, to the Marquette Savings Bank, at-Marquette," Iowa, January 13, 1927. The State’s evidence was, in…