Willis v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

— Affirming.

C. W. Willis appeals from a two-year sentence for uttering a forged instrument.

Reversal is asked on the ground that the evidence was not sufficient, either to take the case to the jury, or to sustain the verdict.

The evidence discloses the following: During the year 1935 appellant was engaged in buying, selling, and shipping tobacco on commission. J. E. Eanes delivered to him his crop of tobacco to be sold as he thought best. When placed on the scales out in the country the tobacco weighed 220 pounds. When weighed at Leitehfield it weighed 205…