Boyer v. State

D. W. Boyer and Bufus Holt were jointly indicted, in the Circuit Court of Cocke *217County, for the alleged forgery of a deed, whereby David Boyer seemed to convey a valuable tract of land to his son, the said D. ~W. Boyer.

They were jointly tried and convicted, and have appealed in error.

The deed in question bears date November 18, 1891, and the signature of David Boyer was proven before the County Court Clerk on the first day of December, 1891, by Rufus Holt and L. IT. ITolt. David Boyer, the assumed vendor, disappeared from his home, upon the land described, on November 22, 1891, between the…