Coward v. State

Appellant, Louie E. Coward, Jr., was convicted in the Circuit Court of Leflore County of the crime of uttering and publishing as true, with intent to defraud, a forged and counterfeit check, knowing such instrument to be forged. Miss. Code 1942, Sec. 2179.

In October 1952 Coward was in the refrigeration appliance business in the City of Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi. His father was operating a similar type of business in the City of Jackson. In the latter part of October or early in November 1952 appellant deposited in the Leflore Bank and Trust Company of Greenwood a check dated…