Uerling v. State

Tewell, District Judge.

The plaintiff in error, John H. Uerling, hereinafter called the defendant, was convicted in the district court for Adams county for the crime of forgery, and has brought the record of his trial here for review.

The evidence discloses that one Jule Bassett, about the year 1918, sold his farm and turned the proceeds, several thousand dollars, over to the firm of Hoeppner & Uerling of Hastings, Nebraska, a copartnership, engaged in the business of selling real estate, making investments and loans and writing insurance for others. The firm consisted at all times of Ernest…