Smazal v. State

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the forgery was committed in Marathon county, where the defendant was tried.

The facts are uncontested. The defendant on October 8, 1964, tendered to Carl Karow, the proprietor of an IGA store in the village of Athens, Marathon county, Wisconsin, a check drawn on the Bank of Athens in the sum of $87 payable to one Victor Smart and purportedly signed by Art Heldt. In answer to the proprietor’s question, the defendant identified himself as Victor Smart and said he worked for Art Heldt. The proprietor…