Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided April 8, 1947No. 4 Div. 2PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARWOOD, Judge.

This appellant was indicted for, and by a jury found guilty of forgery in the second degree. The court imposed a sentence of imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of three years.

The evidence introduced by the state tends to show that appellant’s full name is John Wesley Williams. On 3 April 1946 he went to the C. E. Pitts Motor Company in Dothan seeking to purchase an automobile. He told Mr. Anderson, an employee of the motor company, that he owned a six horse farm east of Ashford, equipped with livestock and farming implements, and that he had a substantial bank…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Edmundson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
  2. Pace v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  3. Teague v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
  4. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  5. Fannin v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. The First National Bank of Memphis v. The Aetna Casualty and Surety CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1962
  2. Tiarks v. First National Bank of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  3. Tucker v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966
  4. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  5. Worley v. WorleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1962

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