People v. Graff

Defendant was convicted by a jury of three counts of issuing fictitious cheeks. He admitted one prior felony conviction and imprisonment.

The circumstances attending cashing the cheeks were similar. Defendant entered a store and purchased an article—shoes in one place, a woman’s slip and a boy’s sport shirt in the others.

He tendered checks in payment, each check being for more than the purchase price of the article purchased. Thus he got the money and the merchandise.

The maker of the checks was unknown and had. no account in the bank upon which they were drawn. The payee of the cheeks was not…