Owen v. People

Homer H. Owen, to whom we herein refer as defendant, was charged with the crime of forgery, to which charge a plea of not guilty was entered. Upon trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty; judgment was pronounced thereon, to reverse which this writ of error.

Defendant was the president and in charge of the Englewood Industrial Bank, at Englewood, Colorado, which had been organized in January, 1945, with all of its capital advanced by defendant and his family. C. N. Ruberson, individually or under the name of Ruberson Motors, was a frequent borrower of the bank’s funds, and, prior to the…