Putnam v. State

1. One is not guilty of uttering a forged paper unless lie knows that it is a forgery. Stephens v. State, 56 Ga. 605; Raper v. State, 16 Ga. App. 121 (84 S. E. 560).

2. Where one is being tried under an indictment containing two counts, in one of which ho is charged with the forgery of a certain bank check, and in the other with the offense of knowingly uttering and publishing the cheek as true, it is error to instruct the jury, in effect, that the defendant would be guilty of uttering and publishing the alleged forged check if he attempted to pass it, and if by reasonable inquiry he could…