De Graffenried v. State

The appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted for the offense of forgery in the second degree.

The instrument alleged to have been, forged was a purported decree of the circuit court of Russell county, Ala., Southern Division, sitting in equity, granting a divorce to Maybell Ingram in the case of Maybell Ingram v. T. A. Ingram. The alleged forged decree bears date of July 11, 1935.

It was claimed by the state, and its evidence tended to show, that on July 11, 1935, no divorce decree had been rendered by the circuit court of Russell county in said cause.

A divorce decree is a subject of…