The People v. Moshiek

Plaintiff in error, Aaron Moshiek, (hereinafter called defendant,) was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the crime of forgery and was sentenced to imprisonment in the Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac for an indefinite term, not to exceed fourteen years, the maximum penalty fixed by the statute. The indictment is in two counts, the first charging forgery of a check dated January 15, 1924, payable to “cash,” for $750, and drawn on Franklin Trust and Savings Bank, purporting to be signed and endorsed by S. A. Bernbach. The second count charges the uttering and passing of…