State v. Bolds

On November 1, 1951, the Polk County grand jury returned an indictment against the defendant accusing him of the crime of forgery by signing the name of one Alex Ward to a note to the-Aetna Finance Company. It was also charged that the defendant had been twice convicted of the crime of burglary in Kane and Rock Island Counties, in Illinois. Upon his plea of not guilty the defendant went to trial and was convicted of the offense charged. In response to- interrogatories the jury found he had been convicted in Illinois as alleged. The trial court thereupon, after overruling motions to dismiss…