State v. Hanson

Chester G. Rosengren, Justice. *

This case is before this court on an appeal from a judgment convicting appellant of aggravated forgery in violation of Minn. St. 609.625. The case was tried before a jury and appellant received an indeterminate sentence which, under the cited statute, may be a maximum of 10 years. We affirm.

The evidence upon which the jury returned the verdict of guilty was, briefly, as follows :

On June 29,1968, a man representing himself to be one Robert D. Peterson presented to Grosenick’s Clothing Store in Orton ville, Minnesota, a check for $25. The check was drawn upon the…