State v. Patrick

The information in this case contains two counts, the first of which charges the defendant with the crime of uttering a forged note and a warehouse receipt upon which there was a forged endorsement. At the conclusion of the state’s evidence, the defendant moved for a directed verdict as to both counts. The motion as to the second count was sustained and denied as to the first. The defendant offered no evi deuce in Ms own behalf, bnt rested upon the state’s case. The jury returned a verdict finding- the defendant guilty upon the first count. Motions in arrest of judgment and also for a new…