State v. White

The defendant, Tommy O’Dell "White, was convicted of knowingly uttering and publishing a forged money order in violation of QRS 165.115. He appeals from a judgment sentencing him to five years’ imprisonment.

On or about March 14,1968, the defendant entered a Safeway store in Portland, presented a money order in the amount of $95 to a grocery clerk, one Elsie Peggar, and requested that she cash it. The clerk called the assistant manager to “Q.K.” the money order. After examining the money order the assistant manager stated that he would have to take it up to the office and “check it out.” The…