State v. Blackwell

Hatches, Judge :

Stuart P. Blackwell, the defendant below, was indicted at the January term, 1925, of the Criminal Court of Mercer County. The indictment contains four counts. In the first count Blackwell is charged with forging a certain check for $51.00, drawn on the First National Bank of Bluefield, West Virginia, payable to the order of Holly Brake and signed by Viele, Blackwell & Buck. In the second count the defendant is charged with uttering the forged check. In the third count he is charged with forging the endorsement of Holly Brake on the said cheek; and in the fourth count he is…