State v. Meeks

— The defendant, James Clyde Meeks, alias L. H. Stone, was indicted on the tenth day of November, 1953, by the Wapello County Grand Jury charged with the crime of uttering a forged instrument with intent to defraud, in violation of section 718.2 of the 1950 Code of Iowa. The facts are not in great dispute. Defendant had opened a checking account in The Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of Ottumwa, Iowa, on or about October 15, 1953, and had made deposits of $430 and one withdrawal of $300 prior to October 23, 1953. On the morning of that date he made a second withdrawal by check made payable…