State v. Carpenter

In the Circuit Court of Moniteau County, Missouri, the appellant was convicted of the crime of first degree forgery in passing, uttering and publishing a false, forged, and counterfeited will, purporting to be the will of Lucy A. Lutes, and his punishment was assessed at ten years in the State pénitentiary.

Lucy A. Lutes died in June, 1939, at Tipton, Missouri, where she had lived. She was the aunt of the appellant. In January, 1935, she executed a will drawn by Prank J. Quigley, a lawyer. Under the terms of this will, her estate was left to the appellant and his son, Pern Carpenter. The…