Coatney v. State

RICHARD P. EMMET, Circuit Judge.

The defendant was indicted for the offense of forgery in the first degree, and upon his conviction received a sentence of five years imprisonment in the penitentiary-

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The evidence shows the defendant presented a bank check to the manager of Picway Shoe Mart in the City of Gadsden on the 4th day of October, 1971, in payment for the purchase of two pairs of shoes and some socks.

The check was drawn on the joint account of Mr. or Mrs. Charles D. Walker. It was received into evidence as the trial’s sole exhibit. As the maker it bears the signature, “Charles D.…