May v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Leflore county. Hon. F. E. Everett, Judge. Gribb May was convicted of unlawfully uttering and publishing a forged check and appe.als. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The instruction shown on page 32 of the record informs the jury that if they believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant uttered or passed, or undertook to pass the said check, knowing it to be forged or counterfeit, then they should convict, etc.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Leflore county. Hon. F. E. Everett, Judge. Gribb May was convicted of unlawfully uttering and publishing a forged check and appe.als. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The instruction shown on page 32 of the record informs the jury that if they believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant uttered or passed, or undertook to pass the said check, knowing it to be forged or counterfeit, then they should convict, etc. This instruction is very inaccurately drawn and clearly does not impart the correct law. The jury were not even…
1Opinion of the CourtStkes, J.
The appellant, Gibb May, was indicted in the circuit court of Leflore county for unlawfully uttering and publishing as true a forged check for the sum of $4.00 drawn on the Bank of Commerce of Greenwood, Miss., and signed “T. A. Bowels.”
He was convicted by the jury and sentenced by the judge to serve a term of two years in the state penitentiary, from which sentence and judgment this appeal is prosecuted.
The testimony oí the state showed that the defendant got a merchant in Greenwood to cash this check. It was proven that no such man as T. A, Bowels had an account with the Bank of Commerce,…
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