State v. Shoemaker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Botch, J.:

The defendant was convicted of forgery, and appeals. T. J. Lawson lives in the northwest part of Franklin county, about eighteen miles from Ottawa. Between nine and ten o’clock on the paorning of December 31, 1921, the defendant appeared at Lawson’s house, and sold him some furs. Lawson paid for the furs with a check to the defendant, on the Peoples State Bank of Michigan Valley. The stub in Lawson’s check book was filled out accordingly. The check and stub were written by Lawson’s wife, as she was in the habit of doing, by his authority. The…