People v. Cotton

The plaintiff in error, J. Allen Cotton, was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Peoria county of the forgery of a chattel mortgage by adding to the property therein described and mortgaged the words and figures “i Singer sewing machine,” with intent to prejudice, damage and defraud the mortgagors, Grant Mitchell and Dora Mitchell, his wife. The court overruled motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment and pronounced sentence in accordance with the verdict.

The mortgage was given to secure rent of a house of the defendant occupied by the mortgagors, and one of the…