Lewis v. State

The defendant, F. L. Lewis, was charged in the district court of Muskogee county with the crime of forgery in the second degree, was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve a term of three years’ imprisonment in the State Penitentiary; and he has appealed to this court.

There are many assignments of error presented by the defendant in his brief. Assignment, of error No. 10, as will be hereinafter discussed, will have to be sustained because of a grave infraction of the rules of procedure which appears to have prejudicially affected the substantial rights of the defendant.

In view of the…