People v. Chapman

Defendant was convicted of six counts of forgery (Pen. Code, § 470) and one count of grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. 1). He appeals from the judgment.

Since defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction upon each of the counts, it is necessary to state the facts of each transaction in detail.

Count I relates to a check for $25 which Ruth Lander cashed for defendant on August 29, 1955. He entered a liquor store on Hollywood Boulevard, operated by Mrs. Nettie Brandt, between 8 and 9 o’clock in the evening of that date and asked Mrs. Brandt to cash a check for…