People v. Lorch

The defendant seeks a dismissal of the indictment charging him with crimes of forgery and larceny.

The facts, briefly, are as follows: On September 22, 1938, the defendant, an officer and director of Arthur R. Lorch, Inc., was arrested on the complaint of Milton J. Bach, a stockholder of the corporation — owning one-half of its capital stock — an officer and also a creditor. The indictment, filed on February 3, 1939, charges the defendant with misappropriating certain funds of the corporation and with forgery. After the defendant’s arrest and prior to his indictment, Bach, in November of 1938,…