Porter v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appellant was assessed a fine of $100.00, with a jail sentence of 30 days, on a charge of swindling by giving a check on a bank in which he did not have funds sufficient to pay the amount.

The appeal is based chiefly on the contention that there is a variance in the complaint, for which reason the motion to quash should have been sustained.

*238The check in question was given to The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company for $22.50. It was written on a form furnished by the company, in which the payee’s name was printed and the name of the bank was left blank. The complaint…