State v. Johnson

Appellant was convicted at the November, 1931, Term of the Circuit Court of Lewis County, under an indictment charging him with forgery in the third degree. His punishment was .assessed by the jury at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of two years, and from the sentence and judgment rendered in accordance with the verdict, he has appealed.

The indictment was drawn in two counts, but at the close of the State’s evidence, it elected to stand on the first count thereof, which charged an offense under Section 4190, Revised Statutes 1929 (Sec. 4190, Mo. Stat. Ann., p. 2943), and that…