State v. Dyer

WEBBER, Justice.

On this appeal by the defendant from a conviction by jury verdict of uttering a forged check, only one issue requires discussion here. Defendant asserts that venue in Cumberland County was never proved. It is true that, although the indictment charged that the offense occurred in Portland in the County of Cumberland, no witness fixed the location in precise terms. On the other hand there was evidence that the act of uttering occurred at the “Mammoth Mart on Washington Avenue” described as a store having about 55,000 square feet of merchandising space and serving approximately…