Beck v. State

The appellant in this case was charged with uttering a forged instrument. Appellant was tried and convicted of the offense on April 16, 1957.

The evidence most favorable to the state shows that the check in evidence was similar to and bore a check number which was within the numerical bracket of checks which were stolen from a cartage company owned by William H. Cloud, that it was made out to Delbert Marlowe Traylor, that it was signed “William H. Cloud” and that Cloud had never written a check to either Beck or Traylor, and had never authorized anyone to sign the check in question for him. On…