State v. Higgin

Dell, Chief Justice.

Defendant was convicted of the crime of forgery in the second degree. He appeals from an order denying his alternative motion for a new trial or for a transcript at the expense of the county of Wabasha.

In October 1957 the defendant was employed by one Owen Eikens, a publisher of a book of charts of the Mississippi River, who did business under the name of Key City Maps and Key City Marine Maps. Defendant’s job was to sell advertising for publication in the book and to prepare advertising copy for printing. He was authorized to endorse checks made payable to Key City Maps…