Walters v. State

RAWLS, Judge.

By this appeal the appellant challenges a final judgment of conviction of forgery.

Appellant was born “Eldo Healdraw Walters.” At trial appellant testified that approximately seven years earlier, because of his “ex-wife” and for “family reasons,” he assumed the name of “Cecil Harrington.” He was generally known by that *908name in the Niceville area where he had spent considerable time during the past two or three years. Appellant had opened a checking account at the Niceville bank and Cecil Harrington was authorized to write checks on the account.

On December 22, 1969, Walters, using…