People v. Mazeloff

The defendant borrowed the sum of $1,000 from the complainant and gave him a promissory note in the sum of $1,080 due in three months. After one payment of $355 had been made, defendant gave complaintant a check bearing date October 30, 1929, which check was made and issued by the defendant on October 3, 1929, and was given on account of the indebtedness which was then past due.

Defendant was convicted of the crime defined in section 1292-a of the Penal Law. In so far as the same is applicable to the situation herein that section reads: “Any person who, with intent to defraud, shall make or…