State v. Nelson

The indictment charged that Nelson violated the worthless check law, Section 11157 of the Code Supplement. *443The Court quashed the indictment on the ground that it failed to charge that the defendant had obtained by means of his worthless check property which may be the subject of larceny. The State has appealed.

In so far as pertinent to the question made, Code Section 11157 provides that:

‘ ‘Any person who shall obtain, with fraudulent intent, * * * property which may be the subject of larceny, * * * by means of a check, * * of which he is the maker or drawer, which is not paid by the drawee,…