Amey v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Pottawatomie county of the crime of forgery in the first degree, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of seven years.

The record discloses that the defendant was an aged and ignorant negro, unable to read or write, and an habitual drunkard; that a banker had taught him to draw a picture which represented his signature, instead of signing by mark as is usually done in such cases; that defendant was the owner of an undivided interest in his father’s…