Davis v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Clay—

Affirming.

Appellant was convicted of uttering a forged instrument and-Ms punishment fixed at two and one-half years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The facts are these: The instrument alleged to have been forged was a check for $24.00, purporting to have been drawn on the Boyle Bank & Trust Company by Otho Steele. Steele testified that appellant worked for him for a while and that he gave appellant at one time a check for $14.00. Not knowing how to write he got Pattie Best to sign the check for him. This was the only cheek he ever gave to…