Sam Davis v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction upon his plea of guilty before the court to a charge alleging that appellant did utter, publish, pass, and use as true a forged instrument. The penalty assessed is five years in the penitentiary.

Appellant plead guilty to the court, waiving a jury, and asked for a suspended sentence. The court heard the evidence produced by the State at great length, as well as that in behalf of the appellant. At the conclusion of the trial the court refused to suspend the sentence.

At the proper time a motion was filed seeking to quash the indictment. Several…