Taylor v. State

Clark, Judge.

Did the State’s evidence establish beyond a reasonable doubt the elements of first degree forgery contained in Code Ann. § 26-1701? Our answer is in the affirmative.

Defendant sought to cash a corporation check which named him as payee and which he endorsed, the check proving to be unauthorized. "Knowingly passing as genuine a forged instrument is conclusive of the intent to defraud.” Jordan v. State, 127 Ga. 278 (4) (56 SE 422). "It has been expressly adjudicated that the allegation of uttering and publishing is proved by evidence that the prisoner offered to pass the instrument…