State v. Morro

WHITE, J. —

The defendant was charged by information in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, with forgery in the third degree, under Section 3438, Revised Statutes 1919. On September 26, 1924, a jury returned a verdict finding him guilty, and assessed his punishment at im,prisomnent for two years in the State penitentiary. The trial court thereupon rendered judgment, from which defendant appealed.

The facts in this case are practically the same as those shown by the evidence and stated in the companion case, State v. Morro, ante, page 98, in which defendant was convicted of embezzlement.

The…