State v. Brown

The defendant was convicted of. the crime of passing a forged instrument. In the information the person defrauded, and upon whom the forged instrument was passed, was alleged to be “the Commercial National Bank, a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the United States.” The instrument, as alleged, was a certificate of deposit issued at Salt Lake City, by the “Commercial National Bank,” payable to A. Nil. Bartholdi, whose name was forged on the back thereof, which instrument the defendant, with knowledge of the forged indorsement, presented to the bank at…