William Ernest Hoffman v. United States

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted by a grand jury May 20, 1955, charged with seven counts of violating Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 495, by forging the endorsement on seven Government checks. 1

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty on six counts. Count III was dismissed. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment on Count I; two and one-half years on Count II; to run consecutively; five years as to Counts IV, V and VI, each to run concurrently with Count I; five years on Count VII, suspended and with probation granted thereon commmencing at the expiration of the term served on…