State v. Cordaro

On December 10, 1926, the defendant Joe Cor-daro was indicted by a Polk County grand jury for the crime of uttering a forged instrument. Thereafter, during the January, 1927, term of the Polk Comity district court, Cordaro was convicted by a jury, and later, the district court sentenced him to serve a term of 15 years in the penitentiary and pay a $1,000 fine. The appeal bond was fixed at $1,000. Cordaro appealed from the Polk County district court to the Supreme Court, and executed a bond therefor, as principal. Wilbert J. Smith, defendant and cross-petitioner and appellee, signed that bond,…