Henderson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from, the Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before the Hon. W. L. Parks, Special Judge. The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of forgery, and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. The instrument alleged to have been forged is copied in the opinion.
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Appeal from, the Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before the Hon. W. L. Parks, Special Judge. The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of forgery, and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. The instrument alleged to have been forged is copied in the opinion. During the examination of one Aaron Holmes, a witness'for the State, and after he had testified that on the night before the defendant delivered the forged instrument, the latter came to his house and the witness and his brother and the defendant went to town together the next day when the defendant is shown to have uttered the…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
The defendant was tried and convicted in the circuit court of Henry county under an indictment for forgery. The instrument alleged to have been forged, as set out in the indictment, is as follows : “June 25th, 1895. Mr. Judge Beach. Please pay the .boy five dollars $5 dollars, oblige me. E. F. Tharpe, June 25, 1895.”
The State offered evidence tending to show that defendant uttered the instrument in June, 1895, and that the same was a forgery, and also proved by one, Aaron Holmes, that he, witness, knew the handwriting of the defendant, and that the order or instrument alleged to have been…
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