Meyers v. State

In an indictment returned by a grand jury of DeSoto County, the defendant, plaintiff in error here,' was indicted in two counts, the first charging forgery, the second charging an uttering by the defendant of the instrument alleged to have been forged by him. Upon the trial a verdict of guilty as charged was returned. To review the judgment imposing sentence writ of error was taken from this court.

The first contention is that the court erred in requiring defendant to go to trial without counsel. It appears from the record that the indictment was returned De*510cember 8, 1921, and the defendant…