Stanley v. State

At a former day of this term of court, we dismissed the appeal because of a defective record. Since then the record has been perfected. Therefore, the appeal is reinstated and the case will now be disposed of on its merits.

It was charged in the indictment, omitting the formal parts, "that on or about the 31st day of July, A.D., 1940, and anterior to the presentment of this Indictment, in the County and State aforesaid, Bill Stanley, without lawful authority, and with intent to defraud, did willfully and fraudulently make a false instrument in writing purporting to be the act of another,…