Carter v. Commonwealth

Judge Latimer

Affirming.

Appellant, Austin Carter, was convicted of the crime of forgery and uttering a forgery and his punishment fixed at five years confinement in the penitentiary. He appeals insisting: (1) The verdict of the jury is flagrantly against the evidence; (2) A forgery could not have been committed because neither the appellant nor the person on whose account the check was drawn could write; and (3) There was no evidence introduced to show that the First National Bank of Corbin was an authorized bank as alleged in the indictment.

The evidence discloses that Glennis Carter, a half…