State v. Peebles

By an information filed in the Circuit Court of Livingston County, Missouri, appellant was charged with the crime of forgery in the third degree. Upon a trial a jury found him guilty and assessed a punishment of three years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. From the sentence imposed in accordance with the verdict of the jury appellant has appealed.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction was challenged in the motion for new trial. Appellant, while on the witness stand, admitted that he had, without authority, endorsed the name of Harvey L. Erwin upon a check, but maintained…