Williams v. Territory of Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Second Judicial District, in and for the County of Cochise. Fletcher M. Doan, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT.
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APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Second Judicial District, in and for the County of Cochise. Fletcher M. Doan, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The defendant S. J. Williams was indicted by the grand jury of Cochise county for the offense of willfully, unlawfully, knowingly and feloniously, and with intent to cheat and defraud one Frank Byrd of the sum of sixty dollars, by making, signing and delivering to said Frank Byrd, a certain false and bogus check upon the First National Bank of Douglas, Arizona. The said defendant issued a check on the said bank knowing, as he is…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The argument of counsel is addressed to the sole question: Is a check sighed by the maker thereof, he never having had funds in the bank upon which such check was drawn, nor reason to believe that such check would be honored, a false and bogus check within the meaning of section 489 of the Penal Code of the Revised Statutes of 1901, providing: “Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud, shall obtain, or attempt to obtain from any other person or persons, any money, property, or valuable thing whatever, by means or by use of any trick or deception, or false or fraudulent…
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