People v. Owens

The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of the crime of making and uttering a check upon a bank without having funds in or credit with such hank to meet such check, and from the order denying his motion for a new trial. The charge is based on section 476a of the Penal Code.

The evidence shows that the defendant made the cheek, delivered it to the prosecuting witness, and received the face value thereof in money, and that the records of the bank did not contain the name of the defendant, as a depositor. The evidence further shows that the prosecuting witness took the check to the…