Johnson v. Sanford

UNDERWOOD, District Judge.

Petitioner plead guilty to an indictment in two counts, the first charging that petitioner forged “upon the back of said check and obligation of the United States, a certain material endorsement and signature, to-wit; the name of Charles G. Barnhill, whereby the said Charles William Johnson, in the manner and form aforesaid, did forge an obligation of the United States, in violation of Section 148 of the Criminal Code of the United States [18 U.S.C.A. § 262].” The second count charged the uttering and passing of the check so endorsed “in violation of Section 151 of…