Gritts v. State

1. Appellant was on trial in the district court of Adair county charged with the offense of having knowingly, falsely, and feloniously certified as notary public that one' Johnson T. French had appeared before him and acknowledged the execution of a deed conveying certain real estate therein described, when, in fact, the said J. T. French did not make said acknowledgment, nor authorize appellant to make said certificate of acknowledgment. Upon the trial of said cause the county attorney offered in evidence a certified copy of the deed, the acknowledgment to which was charged to have been…