Knox v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted in three counts for the offense of forgery in the first degree in that she, with reference to three separate checks, did with intent to defraud, knowingly possess said checks and did utter said writing as made in such a manner as to purport same had been made by authority of certain individuals who did not give such authority. She was convicted and appeals. Held:

1. The first enumeration of error is that the trial court erred in charging the jury that “[t]o knowingly pass as genuine a forged instrument is conclusive of intent to defraud.” The…