Oliver v. United States

Appellant Oliver was indicted jointly with a woman (with whom he had been living for quite a while without benefit of clergy), Celia Stone, and with her uncle, David Barley. The first count charged Oliver with unlawfully taking a letter from' an authorized mail depository; the second count charged the three defendants with forging the signature of the true payee, Raynolds, in endorsement of a check for $160.20, drawn on the Treasury of the United States; and the third count charged the three defendants with passing, uttering and publishing a check in violation of section 495, Title 18,…