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Forgery — Evidence Held to Sustain Conviction of Forgery, Second Degree, for Raising Check, but Five Years' Imprisonment Reduced to Three. Record examined, and held, that the evidence sustains the judgment, and that the case is free from material error. Held, further, that the punishment assessed is excessive,

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and it is reduced from confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of five years to a term of three years.

Appeal from District Court, Texas County; F. Hiner Dale, Judge.

Earl H. Oatman was convicted of forgery in the second degree, and he appeals.

Modified and affirmed.

John L. Gilson, for plaintiff in error.

Edwin Dabney, Atty. Gen., and Smith C. Matson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Texas county on a charge of forgery in the second degree and was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary.

The evidence discloses that at the time charged, defendant, having a valid check in the sum of $4.70, raised the same to $40.70. An examination of the entire record discloses no substantial error and no reason for a reversal.

We are of the opinion, however, that the punishment assessed under all the circumstances shown is excessive, and that justice requires that the judgment be modified by reducing the imprisonment assessed from five years to three years, and as modified the case is affirmed.