Clark v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter, called the defendant, was informed against jointly with Chauncey M. Davis and Earl R. Kelley, charged with forgery, was tried separately, convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of seven years. Motion for new trial was filed, considered, overruled, and defendant excepted, and the case appealed to this court.

To sustain the allegations in the information the state called J. P. Flanagan, who testified in substance as follows :

“On August 28,1926, I began negotiating with the defendant respecting the purchase of the…