Dapcevich v. State

AREND, Justice.

This case presents the question whether an acquittal of the offense of forging the endorsement of the payee on a treasury warrant of the Territory of Alaska precludes a subsequent prosecution for uttering the same warrant.

On February 5, 1959, John Evan Dapcevich was indicted in the court below, charged with violations on two counts of section 65-6-1, A.C.L.A.1949. 1 The first count charged that on or about October 10, 1957, the defendant, with intent to injure and defraud, forged “the endorsement of Mrs. Don Felt on Treasury Warrant No. 105889 issued by the Territory [now…