State v. Mayle

Given, Judge:

Defendant, Eulah Mayle, was indicted by a grand jury in the Circuit Court of Barbour County for forging and uttering a check in the amount of twenty-five dollars. The indictment contained two counts, the first charging the forging of the check and the second charging the uttering thereof. Defendant was found guilty by a jury on the charge contained in the second count and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than two nor more than ten years.

The check, dated November 4, 1950, drawn on the First National Bank in Philippi, was purportedly signed by “H. Poling”,…