State v. Bjornaas

Defendant was convicted of forgery in the second degree, in passing upon the First National Bank of Fergus Falls a check of $60, having a forged indorsement thereon. A motion for new trial was denied. Defendant appeals from the judgment.

It was established at the trial that defendant received from one John J. Aune a check for $60 on a bank, payable to the order of Gunder Bartelson; also that defendant wrote the name of Bartelson on the back of the check, and collected the money thereon from the bank. The contention in behalf of defendant is that the trial court, by its orders excluding…