Shelton v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

The appellant, F. Z. Shelton, was convicted of the crime of forgery, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of three years. In the indictment he is charged with committing the forgery hy signing the name of S. B. Shelton, his father, and 0. L. Shelton and Gr. C. Shelton, his brothers, to a note •dated March 29, 1926, for $1,000, payable to Frank Phipps.

Appellant, his father, and two brothers had been op•erating a farm in Wayne county for about 20 years. It had been their custom, when borrowing money from banks and…