State v. Phillips

The defendant was tried in Hill County before the Honorable C. B. Elwell, Judge presiding on September 24, 1964, charged with eight counts of forgery. The county attorney moved for the dismissal of counts V, VI, VII and VIII. The trial court dismissed count IV. The defendant was also charged with a prior conviction of felony, which charge was destroying and injuring the jail at Havre on or about January 17, 1958.

The jury returned a verdict of guilty of forgery to the three remaining counts of the information on September 25,1964. On September 28, 1964, sentence was pronounced on the…