Kline v. Commonwealth

G. D. Kline, the accused, brings error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Alleghany county by which he was convicted of forgery and uttering a forged instrument and sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of three years.

Kline and a Mrs. M. E. Bell were jointly indicted upon an indictment which charges that they feloniously did forge and utter a certain deed purporting to he signed by F. M. Lowen, conveying certain lots situated in Covington, Virginia. Having elected to be tried separately, Kline was arraigned at the October, 1933, term of court, and upon his plea of not guilty, was…