Gonzales v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Day.

We will refer to the plaintiff in error as the defendant and to the People as such.

The defendant was convicted of passing a bogus check and sentenced to the State Penitentiary. The pertinent portions of the Information upon which he was charged and convicted are as follows:

“JOSE A. GONZALES, with intent to-cheat and defraud another, namely, RED OWL STORES, INC., doing business as BUSLEY’S SUPERMARKET CO., and some other person or persons to the District Attorney unknown, did feloniously and wilfully make, pass, utter and publish a fictitious check purporting to…