Becton v. State

Bell, Chief Judge.

The defendant was convicted of forgery in the first degree on an indictment which reads in part as follows:"... did . . . knowingly, and wilfully, make, alter, possess, and forge a certain check ... drawn on the First State Bank in the sum of $600, payable to Lavelle Becton,... and in such a manner that the aforesaid writing as made purports to have been made by another person, and did utter and deliver said writing to the First State Bank, all with intent to defraud Robin Nell Becton and the First State Bank,...” Held:

1. At the trial the state proved by competent testimony…