Cooper v. State

Dickson, District Judge.

The plaintiff in error, R. T. Cooper, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted of forgery in the district court for Saline county, and was sentenced to the penitentiary. To reverse this judgment he prosecutes proceedings in error in this court.

The facts upon which the state relied for a conviction are not in dispute. From the record it appears that the defendant was in the employ of Black Bros. Flour Mills Elevator, at De Witt, with authority to purchase grain and issue checks of Black Brothers, in payment therefor. The five checks set forth in the…