State v. Johnson

COIL, Commissioner.

Eugene Johnson was convicted of obtaining property with intent to cheat and defraud by means of a check drawn on a bank in which he knew he had no funds, Sec. 561.450 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., and was sentenced in accordance with a jury’s verdict to two years in the penitentiary.

The transcript on appeal shows that: the jury’s verdict was returned on January 15 (all dates noted are in 1959); defendant’s motion for new trial was filed January 19; that motion was overruled and judgment and sentence pronounced on March 30; defendant’s application for leave to appeal as a poor person…