Wilson v. State

Appellant was indicted and convicted of the crime of forgery and the crime of uttering a forged instrument, and his punishment was fixed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Motion for a new trial was filed and overruled, and the case is here on appeal.

He was charged with forging a check and the name of the supposed maker, who was alleged to be a fictitious person. He was also charged with uttering the forged instrument.

The evidence on the part of the State tended to show that the appellant had drawn a check on the Bank of Scotland, bearing the signature of R. O. Jones, for the sum…