Sturgis v. State

The appellant, Gibson Sturgis, was indicted and convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, on a charge of uttering and publishing a forged and counterfeit check. From a sentence of fifteen years, five of which were suspended, the appellant appeals.

The state's evidence showed that Michael Carano, an employee of United Tire and Rubber Company, which was a subsidiary of Giant Tire Industries, agreed to sell the appellant Sturgis a quantity of truck tires for the sum of $9,500.00. Pursuant to this agreement, Carano met with Sturgis and one James…