Williams v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Jones county. Hon. R. S. Hall, Judge. Charley Williams was convicted of forgery, and he appeals. We insist that instruction No. 1 given for the state was erroneously given. It certainly is not the law, does not follow the law, is evasive’ and ambiguous, and very misleading, and not warranted by the testimony.
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Appeal from circuit court of Jones county. Hon. R. S. Hall, Judge. Charley Williams was convicted of forgery, and he appeals. We insist that instruction No. 1 given for the state was erroneously given. It certainly is not the law, does not follow the law, is evasive’ and ambiguous, and very misleading, and not warranted by the testimony. By it the jury were told that if they believed that Charles Williams the defendant (appellant here) came into possession of the check and carried it and gave it to his wife and she carried it and forged the name Mrs. Mattie Butler, on it, and that the…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
The appellant was indicted for forgery, tried and convicted, and sentenced to the penitentiary.. The indictment charges the forgery of an indorsement upon a government-check payable to Mrs. Mattie Butler for war risk insurance in favor of Mrs. Butler for the loss of her son in the World War. The facts disclosed in the trial were that the appellant and the minor son of Mrs. Butler met the mail carrier, and the appellant asked for his own mail and was told that he had none. He then asked for Mrs. Butler’s mail and was given the envelope or letter containing the pay check. He tore the letter…
2Cited by1 opinion
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