People v. Allan

Defendant was charged by an information with the violation of section 476 of the Penal Code. He appeals from the judgment entered on the verdict of guilty and from an order denying a new trial.

The information alleged that on July 21, 1925, the defendant made a fictitious check for the payment of money, purporting to be signed by Robert Dean when in fact there was no such person; that knowing the check to be fictitious and with intent to defraud Livingston Brothers, Inc., a corporation, he uttered and passed the check to the corporation as true and genuine.

The check alleged to be fictitious is…