Hawkins v. People

Plaintiff in error, Stewart Hawkins, Jr., was convicted in the district court of the crimes of forgery and conspiracy to commit forgery. From these convictions and concurrent sentences imposed thereon, Hawkins brings writ of error.

The record discloses that on October 20, 1964, the defendant applied to one Naomi Distasi to cash a check. The alleged maker of the check disclaimed the signature as his and testified that he had not authorized anyone to sign the check in his behalf.

At the close of the People’s case, the defendant took the stand in his own behalf. He testified that he had received…