Manes

This is an appeal from a judgment pronounced upon the verdict of a jury finding the defendant guilty of forgery and from an order denying her motion for a new trial. The first reason assigned by appellant for a reversal of the judgment and order is that the evidence is insufficient to establish the offense. We shall refer to the testimony produced by the prosecution for the purpose óf supporting the verdict.

The lady to whom we shall hereafter refer as Peggy Tompkins, which was her maiden name, had been married to a man by the name of Murphy and had been divorced prior to her acquaintance with the appellant and the man with whom appellant lived and who was known as August W. Manes, but whose real name was Poolitzski or Povlitzski. These three persons lived in the same bungalow court for some time prior to August 24, 1928, and had become very friendly. Peggy Tompkins had loaned to August Manes various sums of money approximating $200. On the date mentioned, August Manes sold to Peggy Tompkins a lot in Huntington Park for the total sum of $800, representing to her, in the presence of appellant, that it was a great bargain and saying to her that she could pay him $30 down; that he…