State v. . Covington

The defendant was indicted for forgery of an order, of which the following is a copy:

Oct. 27th, 1884.(914) Mr. R. T. Long, Please let Henry Carmone have 500 dollars and I will be in Monday and pay you oblige yours J. M. HAWOOD.

The State introduced J. M. Haywood, who testified that he did not sign or authorize any one to sign the order for him; that he wrote his name "J. M. Haywood," and not "Hawood"; that he knew R. T. Long, but did not know whether Long knew him; that he never had any transactions with Long; that he was the son of James Haywood.

James Haywood, a witness for the State,…