State v. Martin

KRUCKER, Chief Judge.

Kenneth Ray Martin and Ralph Edward Martin appeal from convictions, by a jury, of five counts of forgery. The facts will be presented in a manner most favorable to sustaining the verdict.

In August 1963, both defendants, with several others, visited the home of one Virgil Baker, defendants’ uncle. Baker was the foreman of a farm owned by one Woodman Moore, and was authorized to write checks on the Moore account, keeping the checkbook at his home. Early in September 1963, Baker discovered that two pages of checks were missing and at the trial identified the checks used in…